Tugurt | |
Also Known As: | Oued Righ Berber |
Nativename: | تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit |
States: | Algeria |
Region: | Oued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla) |
Date: | 2022 |
Ref: | e26 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Berber |
Fam3: | Northern |
Fam4: | Zenati |
Fam5: | Mzab–Wargla |
Iso3: | tjo |
Glotto: | tema1243 |
Glottorefname: | Oued Righ |
Map: | Mzab-Wargla Berberophone areas.PNG |
Mapcaption: | Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ |
Tugurt, also known as Oued Righ Berber and Temacine Tamazight, is a Zenati Berber variety spoken in some of the oases of the northeastern Oued Righ region around Touggourt in Algeria., its main speech area was in Temacine, Blidet-Amor, Meggarine and Ghomra.[1] It is closely related to the nearby Tumzabt (Mozabite) and Teggargrent (Ouargli) languages.