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==Languages== ===Kossmann (2013)=== According to [[Maarten Kossmann|Kossmann]] (2013: 21–24),<ref name=Kossmann2013>Maarten Kossmann (2013) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Se-BAAAAQBAJ&q=%22eastern+Riffian%22&pg=PA23 The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber]</ref> Zenati is a rather arbitrary grouping, in which he includes the following varieties: * [[Tarifit|Riffian]] (Riffian Berber, or Rif-Berber, local name: ''Tmaziɣt'', north of [[Morocco]]);{{efn|If not asked to name their particular Berber langauge, speakers tend to report ''Tmaziɣt'' as the local name. This name is however very ambiguous: [[Iznasen]], [[Matmata Berber]], [[Beni Snous dialect]], [[South Oran and Figuig Berber]] speakers all use this term.}} Includes [[Arzew Berber|Arzew]] dialect, in [[Arzew]] in western Algeria *[[Eastern Morocco Zenati]] (north east of Morocco) * [[Iznasen]] * [[Eastern Middle Atlas Berber|Eastern Middle Atlas]]: [[Ait Seghrouchen Berber|Ait Seghrouchen]] and a group of dialects including [[Ait Warain Berber|Ait Warain (Ayt Warayn)]] (north-central Morocco) *[[Western Algerian Zenatic dialects|Western Algerian]], west of [[Algiers]] (a diffuse group): **[[Beni Snous dialect|Beni Snous]] (Tlemcen) dialect, in western Algeria near the border **Jebel Bissa (intelligible with Shenwa) **[[Shenwa language|Shenwa]] (Chenoua), between [[Tipasa]] and [[Ténès]] in north-central Algeria west of [[Algiers]] **[[Beni Messaoud]] (Shenwa?) **[[Beni Menacer Berber|Beni Menacer]] **[[Metmata Berber (Algeria)|Metmata]] (of Algeria; distinct from [[Matmata Berber]] of Tunisia) **etc. (see article) * [[Shawiya language|Shawiya]] (Chaouia), around [[Batna City|Batna]] and [[Khenchela]], south of [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] in northeastern Algeria *[[Mzab–Wargla languages|Mzab–Wargla]] (Northern Saharan oases): ** [[South Oran Berber|South Oran and Figuig]], in the [[ksar|ksours]] along the Algerian–Moroccan border and in [[Figuig]] in southeastern Morocco ** [[Gurara language|Gourara Berber]] (Taznatit) ([[Gourara]], southwestern Algeria, around [[Timimoun]]) ** [[Tidikelt language|Tidikelt]] and [[Tuat language|Tuat]] ([[Touat]], Algeria) ** [[Mozabite language|Mozabite]] aka ''Mzab, Tumzabt'' (northern Algerian Sahara, near [[Ghardaia]]) ** [[Wargla language|Wargla]] (Ouargli aka ''Tagergrent, Teggargarent''), northern Algerian Sahara, near [[Ouargla]] ** [[Tugurt language|Oued Righ Berber]] (incl. Touggourt; [[Ethnologue]] name "Temacine Tamazight") in [[Oued Righ]], around [[Touggourt]] and [[Temacine]], Algeria * Southeastern Tunisian–Libyan: [[Djerbi language|Djerbi]] (island of [[Djerba]]), [[Douiret language|Douiret]] ([[Douiret]] in southern [[Tunisia]]), [[Matmata Berber]] ([[Matmata, Tunisia|Matmata]]), [[Sened language|Sened]] and [[Zuwara Berber]] ([[Zuwara]] in northwestern [[Libya]])
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