| Awjila | |
|---|---|
| Jlan n Awilen | |
| Native to | Libya |
| Region | Cyrenaica |
Native speakers | 2,700 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | auj |
| Glottolog | awji1241 |
| ELP | Awjilah |
Awjila (also Aujila, Augila, Aoudjila, Awgila, Awdjila; own name: Jlan n Awilen; in other Berber varieties Tawjilit[2][3]) is a severely endangered (considered "moribund" by Ethnologue)[4] Eastern Berber language spoken in Cyrenaica, Libya,[5] in the Awjila oasis. Due to the political situation in Libya, immediate data on the language has been inaccessible.[6] However, Facebook postings by speakers and younger semi-speakers have provided some recent supplementary data.[7]
- ^ Awjila at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ "Linguasfera: Tamazic (Berber)". Llengües, Literatures i Cultures del Món, [LLCM] (in Catalan). Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ "Berbers willen geen Arabieren meer zijn". maroc.nl (in Dutch). 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ "Awjila". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Libya: UNESCO-CI". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ van Putten, M (2013). A Grammar of Awjila Berber (Libya): Based on Umberto Paradisi's Material (PhD thesis). Leiden University. hdl:1887/21848.
- ^ van Putten, Marijn; Souag, Lameen (2015). "Attrition and revival in Awjila Berber: Facebook posts as a new data source for an endangered Berber language". Corpus. 14 (14): 23–58. doi:10.4000/corpus.2593. S2CID 158251022.
