Mozabite (endonym: tamazight), also known as Mzab, TumẓabtorGhardaia, is a Zenati language spoken by the Mozabites, an Ibadi Berber group inhabiting the seven cities of the M'zab natural region in the northern Saharan Algeria.[2][3][4] It is also spoken by small numbers of Mozabite emigrants in other local cities and elsewhere. Mozabites also use Algerian Arabic. As of 2010, UNESCO estimated there to be about 150,000 Mozabite speakers.[3]
| Mozabite | |
|---|---|
| تونژابت | |
| Tumẓabt ⵜⵓⵎⵥⴰⴱⵜ | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | M'zab (wilayaofGhardaïa) |
| Ethnicity | Mozabite |
Native speakers | 200,000 (2022)[1] |
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| Arabic alphabet, Tifinagh, Berber Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mzb |
| Glottolog | tumz1238 |
 Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ | |
Mozabite is one of the Mzab–Wargla languages, a dialect cluster of the Zenati languages.[3]
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