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TumzabtLanguage
The TumzabtLanguage is a MzabWarglaLanguage of Algeria. SIL code: MZB. ISO 639-2: ber. Population: 70,000 (1995). Region: Mzab region, 330 miles south of Algiers. 7 oases, Ghardaia being the principal one. Alternate names: MZAB, MZABI, GHARDAIA. Comments: Only minor dialect variations. Related to Tagargrent, Temacine Tamzight, and Taznatit. Some speakers are probably bilingual in Arabic, French, or Spanish. Women virtually monolingual in Tumzabt. Vigorous use. 'Tumzabt' is their name for their language. Strong cultural vitality. Tumzabt villages are interspersed among Arabic-speaking villages. Dictionary. Known as traders throughout Algeria. Muslim (Kharedjite).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesAfroAsiaticLanguageAn AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ContentBearingPhysicalAny 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.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe 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.
 LinguisticExpressionThis 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.
 MzabWarglaLanguageA MzabWarglaLanguage is one of four closely related ZenatiLanguages of Algeria.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguageA 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.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA 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.
 ZenatiLanguageA ZenatiLanguage is one of 12 closely related NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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