Tugurt language

Tugurt
Oued Righ Berber
تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit
Native to	Algeria
Region	Oued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla)
Native speakers	8,400 (2022)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Zenati Mzab–Wargla Tugurt
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tjo
Glottolog	tema1243
ELP	Tahshanit
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. As of 1893^[update], its main speech area was in Temacine, Blidet-Amor, Meggarine and Ghomra.^[2] It is closely related to the nearby Tumzabt (Mozabite) and Teggargrent (Ouargli) languages.^[1]

References

1. Tugurt at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
2. René Basset, 1893, Etude sur la Zenatia du Mzab, de Ouargla et de l'Oued-Rir'^[usurped], p. 12. Paris: Ernest Leroux.