Gurara language

Gurara
تازناتيت (Taznatit) / ⵜⴰⵣⵏⴰⵜⵉⵜ
Native toAlgeria
RegionGourara (wilaya of Adrar)
Native speakers
26,000, including Tuwat (2014–2022)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3grr (included)
Glottologgour1247
Map of the ksour of Gourara by spoken language

Gurara (Gourara) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Gourara (Tigurarin) region, an archipelago of oases surrounding the town of Timimoun in southwestern Algeria. Ethnologue gives it the generic name Taznatit ("Zenati"), along with Tuwat spoken to its south; however, Blench (2006) classifies Gurara as a dialect of Mzab–Wargla and Tuwat as a dialect of the Riff languages.

  1. ^ Gurara at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon