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纳夫斯语
The NafusiLanguage is an EastZenatiLanguage of Libya. SIL code: JBN. ISO 639-2: ber. Population: 141,000 in Libya (1998). Population total both countries: 167,000. Region: Tripolitania, western Libya, isolated area around the towns of Nalut and Yafran, Jabal Nafusah region, coastal area around Zuara, west of Tripoli. Alternate names: DJERBI, NEFUSI, JABAL NAFUSI, JEBEL NEFUSI, JBEL NAFUSI. Dialects: ZUARA (ZOUARA, ZUWARAH, ZWARA, ZURAA), TAMEZRET (DUWINNA), JERBI (JERBA). Comments: Zuara dialect well known in Jebel Nafusa area and in Jerba Tunisia. Some visit Zuara, but not vice versa. Dialect of Matmata and Tatawine area less well understood by speakers in Jerba or Zuara. Speakers in Zuara and Jebel areas understand Jerba stories well. Pre-school children are monolingual in Nafusi. In Nafusi villages they speak Nafusi among themselves. In towns they speak it among friends and families, most exclusively at home. All ages. They are not ashamed of Nafusi. Most live apart from Arabized inhabitants of the region. They built dams and terraces for cultivation. Semi-arid. Ibadite Muslim. Also spoken in: Tunisia. (Language name: DJERBI.) Population: 26,000 in Tunisia (1998). Alternate names: NAFUSI, JABAL NAFUSI. Dialects: TAMEZRET (DUWINNA), JERBA (DJERBA, GUELILI). Comments: Spoken only in the home. Many people from Chenini sell newspapers in Tunis. Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances非洲亚洲语言An AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 内容承载物理任何能表达内容的 ObjectProcess 。这包括有 PropositionObject ,像一本书和同样有 PropositionManualSignLanguage。
 东泽纳蒂语An EastZenatiLanguage is one of 3 closely related ZenatiLanguages of Libya and Tunisia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 实体The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 人类语言这是 Human 所用 Languagesubclass
 语言这是表达思想的符号系统。这系统可以是自然或是人工的,也就是 说是一种逐渐形成的文化产品,或者是由一个人或一群人所故意创造的。
 语言式表达这是 ContentBearingPhysical 和语言有关联的子类本。 注:这个 Class 涵盖 Language 和属于 Language 的元素,例如 Words 。
 北非亚洲语言A NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage is one of a group of 17 closely related AfroAsiaticLanguages found in North Africa and the Middle East.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 物理存在时空中某位置的个体。注:位置本身应理解为,存在于某个时空 的位置。
 口语人类语言 SpokenHumanLanguage 是一种用人类的声音 来表达的 HumanLanguage 。它也可以用书写,以视像的形式来表达,可是不是所有的 SpokenHumanLanguage 都编纂有书面语。
 泽纳蒂语A ZenatiLanguage is one of 12 closely related NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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