Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the

Sanhaja The Sanhaja ( ber, Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen; ar, صنهاجة, ''Ṣanhaja'' or زناگة ''Znaga'') were once one of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zanata and Masmuda confederations. M ...

Berbers inhabiting the southern part of the Moroccan Rif. It is spoken in the Ketama area west of

Tarifit Tmazight or Tarifit Berber, also known as Riffian ( rif, Tmaziɣt , ) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,271,000 Rifians primarily in the Rif provinces of Al Hoceima, N ...

in the Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate region. Despite its speech area, the Sanhaja language belongs to the

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branch of Berber. It has also been influenced by the neighbouring

Riffian language Tmazight or Tarifit Berber, also known as Riffian ( rif, Tmaziɣt , ) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,271,000 Rifians primarily in the Rif provinces of Al Hoceima, Na ...

Dialects

Dialects of Senhaja Berber are Beni Ahmed, Beni Bechir, Beni Buensar, Beni Jennus, Beni Mesdui, Beni Seddat, Quetama (Ketama), Sarcat, and Tagsut

References

Bibliography

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, "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. * Mena Lafkiou, ''Atlas linguistique des variétés berbères du Rif'' (Berber Studies vol.15), 2007. * 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. Berber languages Berbers in Morocco Languages of Morocco Rif {{Berber-lang-stub