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ZenagaLanguage
The ZenagaLanguage is a BerberLanguage (a ZenagaGroupLanguage) of Mauritania. SIL code: ZEN. ISO 639-2: zen. Population: 200 to 300 (1998). Region: Between Mederdra and the Atlantic coast, southern Mauritania. Comments: The language is related to other Berber languages in basic structure though specific features are quite different. Bilingualism in Hassaniyya. It is reported that adult speakers are not teaching it to their children. People are bedouins, reported to travel mainly in caravans. Racially they are both white and black, the latter are descendants of slaves captured centuries ago. Pastoralists. Muslim.(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/)
 BerberLanguageA BerberLanguage is one of 26 languages of the AfroAsiaticLanguage family.(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.
 entit�The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 langage humainThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 langageA 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.
 expression linguistiqueThis 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.
 physiqueAn 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.
 ZenagaGroupLanguageThe only BerberLanguage classified as a ZenagaGroupLanguage is the ZenagaLanguage of Mauritania.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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