Western Berber languages
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western-berber-languages-202-15496026
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Western Berber languages
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The Western Berber languages are a branch of the Berber languages. They comprise two languages: Zenaga
Tetserret Zenaga is spoken in southwestern Mauritania while Tetserret is spoken in central Niger. They appear to have influenced the Algerian Songhai language Korandje. The label "Western Berber" was first used in a classificatory sense by Aikhenvald and Militarev (1984) in reference to Zenaga alone. Sound changes characteristic of this subgroup include the reflex of proto-Berber *ww as *bb and
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Berber branch spoken in Mauritania and Niger
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Berber_languages
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2023-08-24T19:42:21Z
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