Souss Tachelhit

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Souss Tachelhit is a major regional variety of the Tachelhit Berber language spoken primarily in Morocco’s Souss region.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Souss Berber 2
Souss Shilha 2
Souss Tashelhit 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language variety
regional language variety
altName Souss Shilha
linked to: Souss Tachelhit

Souss Tachelhiyt
linked to: Souss Tachelhit

Souss Tashelhit
linked to: Souss Tachelhit

Souss Tashelhiyt
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Riffian Berber
country Morocco
hasAncestor Proto-Berber
hasDialect Chtouka Tachelhit
linked to: Tachelhit Berber

Ida ou Tanane Tachelhit
rural Souss Tachelhit
urban Souss Tachelhit
hasFeature emphatic consonants
gendered nouns (masculine and feminine)
rich consonant inventory
root-and-pattern morphology
state alternation (free vs annexed state)
subject–verb–object word order (SVO)
verb–subject–object word order (VSO)
influencedBy Arabic
French
Moroccan Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
ISO639-3 shi
languageBranch Berber languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
languageGroup Northern Berber languages
linked to: Northern Berber
partOf Amazigh cultural heritage
primaryRegion Souss region
southwestern Morocco
spokenBy Ichelḥiyen
Souss Berbers
linked to: Souss region
spokenIn Agadir
Chtouka Ait Baha
linked to: Chtouka Aït Baha

Taroudant
Tiznit
subdivisionOf Shilha
Tachelhit
usedIn daily communication
local media
music
oral poetry
storytelling
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tachelhit hasDialects Souss Tachelhit
Proto-Berber hasDescendant Souss Berber
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Maghrebi Berber hasDialect Souss Berber
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss dialect hasAlternativeName Souss Tashelhit
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss dialect hasAlternativeName Souss Shilha
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss Tachelhit altName Souss Shilha
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss Tachelhit altName Souss Tachelhiyt
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss Tachelhit altName Souss Tashelhit
linked to: Souss Tachelhit
Souss Tachelhit altName Souss Tashelhiyt
linked to: Souss Tachelhit