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nafusi language
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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Instancesafro asiatic languageAn AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 east zenati languageAn EastZenatiLanguage is one of 3 closely related ZenatiLanguages of Libya and Tunisia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 northern afro asiatic languageA 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/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 zenati languageA ZenatiLanguage is one of 12 closely related NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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