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Zenaga (autonym: Tuẓẓungiyya or āwӓy ən uẓ̄nӓgӓn) is a Berber language on the verge of extinction currently spoken in Mauritania and northern Senegal by thousands of people. [1] Zenaga Berber is spoken as a mother tongue from the town of Mederdra in southwestern Mauritania to the Atlantic coast and in northern Senegal .
The speakers of the Zenaga language are eponymously known as Zenaga Berbers. Islamisation and Arabisation of the population have reduced the number of Berber speakers. Tamasheq is a Berber language spoken by Tuaregs in the extreme south-east of the country, who have moved into Mauritania from Mali.
Distribution of Berber-speaking groups today. The pink areas depict Western Berber languages: Zenaga to the West, Mauritania and Senegal; Tetserret to the East, Niger.. The Sanhaja (Arabic: صنهاجة, Ṣanhaja or زناگة Znaga; Berber languages: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and ...
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) [ 1 ] in reference to Zenaga alone.
The Lamtuna (Berber languages: Ilemteyen) are a nomadic Berber tribe belonging to the Iẓnagen / Sanhaja (Zenaga) confederation, who traditionally inhabited areas from Sous to Adrar Plateau. During the Almoravid period, many Lamtunas emigrated northwards. Currently, the Lemtuna Tribe is based in the South of Mauritania (Monguel and Agueilat).
Mauritania; Language Status Comments ISO 639-3 Imeraguen language: Definitely endangered [1] ime Nemadi language: Critically endangered [1] Zenaga language:
Nemadi is a language spoken by a small hunting tribe of eastern Mauritania known as the Nemadi people. It is, according to some sources, a dialect of Hassaniyya, according to others, a mixture of Zenaga, Azer and Hassaniyya. [2] [3] The name "Nemadi" itself appears to come from Soninke, where it means "master of dogs".
Nouakchott (/ n w æ k ˈ ʃ ɒ t, n w ɑː-/ nwa(h)k-SHOT; French:; Arabic: نواكشوط, romanized: Nwākshūṭ, Hassaniyya: [nwakʃuːtˤ] ⓘ; Wolof: Nuwaaksoot; Pulaar: Nuwaasoot; Soninke: Nuwasooto; Berber: Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from Berber: Nawākšūṭ, 'place of the winds' [2] or alternatively Zenaga: in wakchodh, 'having no ears') [3] is the capital and largest city of ...