Senhaja de Srair language
- Senhaja de Srair language
The language of the Senhaja de Srair is a Northern Berber language spoken in the southern part of the Moroccan Rif. It is most closely related to the Atlas languages, but heavily influenced by the neighboring Tarifit language (also Berber.)
Contrary to the Ethnologue, it is not extinct; Harry Stroomer reports that "Senhaja de Srair is alive" (p. c. quoted in Behnstedt 2002). It is apparently not immediately mutually intelligible with Tarifit, and is spoken only by a small minority among the Senhaja, in the area known as the "Little Senhaja".
Bibliography
* Peter Behnstedt, "La frontera entre el bereber y el árabe en el Rif", "Estudios de dialectología norteafricana y andalusí" vol. 6, 2002.
* Esteban Ibañez, "Diccionario español-senhayi (dialecto beraber de Senhaya de Srair)", 1959.
* A. Renisio, "Études sur les dialectes berbères des Beni Iznassen, du Rif et des Senhaja de Sraïr. Grammaire, textes et lexique". PIHEM, vol. 12. Paris 1932.
External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sjs Ethnologue listing for Senhaja de Srair]
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