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AAO ISO 639-3

Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken

A language of Algeria

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Saharan Arabic, Tamanghasset Arabic, Tamanrasset Arabic
Population
135,000 in Algeria (2020). Total users in all countries: 243,000.
Location:
Adrar, Béchar, Biskra, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, Ghardaïa, Illizi, Laghouat, Naama, Ouargla, Tamanrasset, and Tindouf provinces; border area along Atlas mountains, northeast to Médéa, southeast to Righ Wadi, south as far as plateau du Tademait.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects
None known. Structurally distinct from other Arabic varieties. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Use
Used as L2 by Korandje [kcy].
Language Development
Grammar.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
User Population
30,000 in Egypt (2018).
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
User Population
10,000 in Niger (1998).
Location
Agadez area.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Originally from Algeria. Muslim.
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Language Name
Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
User Population
68,000 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Map

Location: Adrar, Béchar, Biskra, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, Ghardaïa, Illizi, Laghouat, Naama, Ouargla, Tamanrasset, and Tindouf provinces; border area along Atlas mountains, northeast to Médéa, southeast to Righ Wadi, south as far as plateau du Tademait.