Belbali people explained

Group:	Belbali Arabic: البلبالية|translit=al-Balbaliyyah
Region1:	Tabelbala, Béchar Province
Pop1:	3,000 (2010)
Langs:	Korandje
Rels:	Islam
Related-C:	Songhai, Zarma, Tuareg

The Belbali people (Arabic: البلبالية|translit=al-Balbaliyyah) are the northernmost Songhay subgroup. They are found primarily in the villages of Kwara, Ifrenyu and Yami in the oasis of Tabelbala^[1] in Algeria's Béchar Province. Significant numbers are also in the town of Tindouf^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. «Etude sur le dialecte de Tabelbala», Lt. Cancel, Revue Africaine 1908, Nº 270-271, 302-347.
2. Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa, Lameen Souag, PhD thesis, SOAS, 2010
3. "Tabelbala: Eine Songhaysprachinsel in der Algerischen Sahara", Mohamed Tilmatine, Afrikanische Arbeitspapiere Sondernummer 377-397, 1991; "Un parler berbèro-songhay du sud-ouest algérien (Tabelbala): Elements d’histoire et de linguistique", Mohamed Tilmatine, Etudes et documents berbères 14:163-198, 1996.