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ALSO KNOWN AS		Zenati, Zenatia, Znatiya, Zenete, Shilha, Garawa
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Berber
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		grr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Gourara Touat
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Information from: “Language Endangerment in Northern Africa” (123-139 ch. 6) . Matthias Brenzinger (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
40,000

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Algeria: "Amazigh language(s) are national language(s)."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"There are no governmental institutions supporting Taznatit, it is not taught at school but is regularly used on the radio broadcast for two hours a day since 2006. Apart the Ahellil, songs of the Gourara written in Arabic script letters, the language does not have any other cultural manifestation."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"They have a negative feeling as they are influenced by the language of the majority, Arabic."

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

None

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

None

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Modern Standard Arabic
other Arabic varieties
French

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The other languages are used for all domains apart from at home where the native speakers turn to Taznatit or to dialectal Arabic. Most aged people who use Taznatit use it for some domestic purposes such as gardening, camel rearing, and traditional craftsmanship. They use Taznatit within the home domain, or in the gardens, but seldom in the market or at school or any other official institution. This language is so negatively valued by its young native speakers that it will disappear if no institutional support comes from the government to help promote and maintain it."

Scripts (Writing system)

Arabic-based

PLACES: Algeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "The language is found scattered around the area of Timimoun in the Gourara, north of the Department of Adrar. It is used in such villages as Ouled Said, Hadj Guelman, Sali, Tabelkoza, etc."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Algeria;

		February		2013	Personal Communication on Taznatit				Personal Communication				University of Adrar		Bachir Bouhania	Bachir Bouhania. 2013. "Personal Communication On Taznatit."						All domains other than home	Modern Standard Arabic, other Arabic varieties, French		"They have a negative feeling as they are influenced by the language of the majority, Arabic."	"The other languages are used for all domains apart from at home where the native speakers turn to Taznatit or to dialectal Arabic. Most aged people who use Taznatit use it for some domestic purposes such as gardening, camel rearing, and traditional craftsmanship. They use Taznatit within the home domain, or in the gardens, but seldom in the market or at school or any other official institution. This language is so negatively valued by its young native speakers that it will disappear if no institutional support comes from the government to help promote and maintain it."	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	"There are no governmental institutions supporting Taznatit, it is not taught at school but is regularly used on the radio broadcast for two hours a day since 2006. Apart the Ahellil, songs of the Gourara written in Arabic script letters, the language does not have any other cultural manifestation."	12	12	"The language is found scattered around the area of Timimoun in the Gourara, north of the Department of Adrar. It is used in such villages as Ouled Said, Hadj Guelman, Sali, Tabelkoza, etc."	Algeria	29.716681, 0.750110; 26.967624, -0.041962
9783110197129	Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs			2007	Language Endangerment in Northern Africa	Language Diversity Endangered	123-139	Matthias Brenzinger		Mouton de Gruyter	Berlin	6			Matthias Brenzinger	Brenzinger, Matthias. 2007. "Language Endangerment in Northern Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 123-139. Mouton de Gruyter.		40,000	40,000		10000-99999		Arabic; French;	Algeria: "Amazigh language(s) are national language(s)."			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		40,000	1995	10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Algeria;
					World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			40,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		80,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							29.3413, .3955

Taznatit

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Discussion

Taznatit

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40,000

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