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SHI ISO 639-3

Tachelhit

Tašlḥiyt, تشلحيت‎ (tšlḥyt), ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ‎ (taclhiyt) Autonym

A language of Morocco

ISO 639
shi
Alternate Names
Shilha, Soussiya, Southern Shilha, Susiya, Tachelheit, Tachilhit, Tashelheit, Tashelheyt, Tashelhit, Tashilheet, Tashlhiyt, Tasoussit
Autonym
Tašlḥiyt, تشلحيت‎ (tšlḥyt), ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ‎ (taclhiyt)
Population
5,000,000 in Morocco (2017). Total users in all countries: 5,118,000.
Location:
Guelmim-Es Semara, Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz, Souss-Massa-Drâa, and Tadla-Azilal regions: coast south to Ifni, north to near Agadir, northeast to Marrakech outskirts, east to Drâa, including Sous valley, and south near the border.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Atlas
Typology
Prepositions; gender (masculine/feminine); case-marking (marked, unmarked); verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject; tense and aspect; 32 consonant and 3 vowel phonemes.
Language Use
Many also use Moroccan Spoken Arabic [ary], especially men but few women.
Language Development
Taught in primary schools, occasionally. Literature. Newspapers. Radio. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2010.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tachelhit
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn]. Tifinagh (Berber) script [Tfng], official usage.
Other Comments
‘Shilha’ is the Arabic name for Moroccan Berber varieties in general. Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Tachelhit
User Population
6,000 in Algeria (2014).
Location
Béchar province: Tabelbala area south near the border.
Dialects
Susiua (Sousse, Sus).
Language Status
5 (Developing)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. ‘Shilha’ is the Arabic name for Moroccan Berber varieties in general. Muslim.
View other languages of Algeria
Language Name
Tachelhit
User Population
112,000 in Western Sahara (Leclerc 2018d).
Language Status
5 (Developing)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
View other languages of Western Sahara

Map

Location: Guelmim-Es Semara, Marrakesh-Tensift-Al Haouz, Souss-Massa-Drâa, and Tadla-Azilal regions: coast south to Ifni, north to near Agadir, northeast to Marrakech outskirts, east to Drâa, including Sous valley, and south near the border.