Shenwa

E34075

Shenwa is a Zenati Berber language spoken by a small community in the Chenoua (Shenwa) region of northern Algeria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shenwa canonical 3
Shenwa community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Berber language
Zenati language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Chenoua Berber
linked to: Zenati Berber

other Zenati Berber varieties
country Algeria
culturalAssociation Chenoua ethnic identity
local oral literature
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
geographicFeature Atlas Mountains foothills
linked to: Atlas Mountains
hasAlternativeName Chenoua
Chenoui
Tacenwit
hasDialectContinuumWith neighboring Zenati Berber varieties
hasISOCode NOCODE_Shenwa
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction in nouns
verb aspect marking
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive gemination
emphatic consonants
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object basic word order
languageBranch Zenati
languageFamily Afroasiatic
Berber
linked to: Berber languages

Northern Berber
lexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
French
numberOfSpeakers small community
region Chenoua Massif
Mediterranean coast of Algeria
spokenBy Chenoua people
linked to: Berbers

Shenwa community
linked to: Shenwa
spokenIn Algeria
Chenoua region
Tipaza Province
northern Algeria
linked to: Kabylie
status minority language in Algeria
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic
Berber
linked to: Berber languages

Northern Berber
Zenati
threatenedBy language shift to Arabic
language shift to French
usedFor oral communication
songs
traditional storytelling
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shenwa spokenBy Shenwa community
linked to: Shenwa
Chenoui alsoKnownAs Shenwa
Tacenwit exonym Shenwa