Iznasen

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Iznasen
Beni Iznasen
Native to	Morocco
Region	extreme northeast
Native speakers	100,000 (2013)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Zenati Iznasen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`beni1249`
ELP	Beni Iznassen

Iznasen (Iznassen) also known as Eastern Tarifit and Beni Iznasen is a Berber language, belonging to the Zenati group. It is spoken in the extreme northeast of Morocco, in a speech area near the border of western Algeria.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b Kossmann, Maarten G. (2013). The Arabic influence on Northern Berber. Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 22. ISBN 978-90-04-25308-7.

Languages of Morocco

Official languages

Berber
Arabic¹

Native vernaculars

Arabic

Pre-Hilalian	Northern Judeo-Moroccan
Hilal-Mâqil	Western Eastern Hassaniya
Koiné	Darija

Berber

Atlas	Central Atlas Tashelhit Judeo-Berber Sanhaja de Srair Ghomara Gharbi^†
Zenati	Tarifit Tabeldit Eastern Middle Atlas Eastern Morocco

Romance

Western	Sabir^† Haketia Spanish^†,4
Undescribed	African Latin^†

Main foreign languages

Main liturgical languages

Arabic¹ ²
Hebrew³

¹ Modern Standard Arabic
² Classical Arabic
³ Medieval Hebrew
⁴ Formerly native to Moriscos, extinct as native in Morocco
^† Extinct

Berber languages

Reconstructed

Proto-Berber

Eastern

Awjila
Fezzan
- Foqaha
- Sokna
- Tmessa
Ghadamès
Jaghbub
Kufra
Nafusi
- Jadu
- Nalut
- Wazzin
- Yefren
Siwa

Northern

Zenati	Eastern Middle Atlas (transitional to Atlas) Seghrouchen Warayn Northern Saharan Mozabite Wad Righ Wargla South Oran and Figuig Tidikelt Gurara Tuwat Riffian Central Riffian Snouss Western Riffian Eastern Moroccan Iznasen Shawiya Tunisian-Zuwara (transitional to Eastern) Jerba Matmata Sened Douiret Zuwara Western Algerian Gouraya Shelif Shenwa
Non-Zenati	Atlas languages Central Atlas Gharb Ghomara Senhaja de Srair Shilha Judeo-Berber Kabyle Central-Eastern Central-Western Eastern Western
Standardised	Moroccan Amazigh Algerian Berber

Tuareg

Northern Tuareg	Tamahaq Tahaggart Ajjer Ghat
Southern Tuareg	Tamashek Tadhaq Tanaslamt Tawellemmet Tayirt Ingal Gofat Tanassfarwat Azerori Tayart

Western

Others

Guanche?
Old Libyan
- East Numidian
- Fezzan-Tripolitanian
- Mauretanian
- West Numidian

Orthography

Institutions

Governmental	AAAL (Algeria) HCA (Algeria) IRCAM (Morocco) DNAFLA (Mali) CRB (France)
NGOs	Berber Academy World Amazigh Congress Amazigh Cultural Association in America

Italics indicate extinct languages

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