Shenwa language

Shenwa
Chenoua
Haqbaylit̠
Native toAlgeria
RegionMount Chenoua, Tipasa and Chlef districts
EthnicityChenouas
Native speakers
76,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cnu
Glottologchen1266
ELPChenoua
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Shenwa, also spelt Chenoua (native name: Haqbaylit̠), is a Zenati Berber language spoken on Mount Chenoua (Jebel Chenoua) in Algeria, just west of Algiers, and in the provinces of Tipaza (including the town of Cherchell) and Chlef. The speech of Jebel Chenoua proper is mutually comprehensible with that of the nearby Beni Menacer and Beni Haoua,[2] and they are thus treated as a single language.[3] There are some 76,000 speakers.[1]

  1. ^ a b Shenwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laoust 1912:I
  3. ^ Salem Chaker, LE DIALECTE BERBERE DU CHENOUA (Algérie), Encyclopédie Berbère, vol. XII, 1993 : p. 1902-1904.