Korandje people

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The Korandje people are a small ethnic community living around Tabelbala in southwestern Algeria, known for preserving the highly endangered Korandje language with unique Berber, Arabic, and Songhay influences.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Korandje people canonical 1
Korandjé people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeProvince Béchar Province ⓘ
associatedTown Tabelbala ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
culturalInfluence Arab cultures ⓘ
linked to: Arab world

Berber cultures ⓘ
Songhay cultures ⓘ
linked to: Songhay
ethnicMinorityStatus unrecognized minority at national level ⓘ
ethnolinguisticMinorityIn Algeria ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Korandje language ⓘ
geographicEnvironment Sahara Desert ⓘ
oasis ⓘ
heritageStatus intangible cultural heritage (de facto, local) ⓘ
historicalRole intermediaries between Saharan regions ⓘ
oasis traders ⓘ
languageContactZone Berber-Arabic-Songhay contact ⓘ
languageEndangermentCause shift to Arabic ⓘ
languageFamilyInfluence Arabic ⓘ
Berber ⓘ
Songhay ⓘ
languageShiftTo Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
languageSpoken Korandje language ⓘ
languageStatus highly endangered ⓘ
linguisticArea Arabic-speaking world ⓘ
linked to: Arab world

Berber-speaking world (peripheral) ⓘ
Songhay-speaking world (peripheral) ⓘ
locatedIn Tabelbala oasis ⓘ
migrationPattern out-migration to larger Algerian towns ⓘ
neighboringGroups Arabic-speaking Saharan communities ⓘ
Berber-speaking communities ⓘ
populationSize small community ⓘ
primarySettlement Tabelbala ⓘ
region southwestern Algeria ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
selfDesignationLanguage Korandje ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood date palm cultivation ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
small-scale pastoralism ⓘ
writingSystemForLanguage Arabic script (limited, non-standard) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Korandje language → isSpokenBy → Korandje people ⓘ
Korandjé → spokenBy → Korandjé people ⓘ
linked to: Korandje people