Oued Righ Berber

Oued Righ Berber
تاشلحيت Tašəlḥit
Spoken in	Algeria
Region	Oued Righ (wilaya of Ouargla)
Native speakers	6,000  (1995)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Zenati Mzab–Wargla Oued Righ Berber
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tjo
Berber-speaking areas of the Mzab, Ouargla, and Oued Righ

Oued Righ Berber, or Temacine Tamazight, is a Zenati Berber variety spoken in some of the oases of the Oued Righ region around Touggourt in Algeria. As of 1893, it was spoken in Temacine, Blidet-Amor, Meggarine and Ghomra.^[1] The only published study of it is Basset (1893).^[2] It is closely related to nearby Tumzabt and Teggargrent.

References

1. ^ René Basset, 1893, Etude sur la Zenatia du Mzab, de Ouargla et de l'Oued-Rir', p. 12. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
2. ^ op. cit.