Gurara | |
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تازناتيت (Taznatit) / ⵜⴰⵣⵏⴰⵜⵉⵜ | |
Native to | Algeria |
Region | Gourara (wilaya of Adrar) |
Native speakers | 26,000, including Tuwat (2014–2022)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | grr (included) |
Glottolog | gour1247 |
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.