The East Zenati languages (Blench, 2006) or Tunisian and Zuwara (Kossmann, 2013) are a group of the Zenati Berber dialects spoken in

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and

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Maarten Kossmann Maarten Kossmann (born 5 February 1966 in Zuidlaren, Netherlands) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in Berber languages. He is currently professor of Berber studies at Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Univers ...

considers the easternmost varieties of Zenati dialects as transitional to Eastern Berber, but they are quite different from the neighboring Nafusi. According to Kossmann, the

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of Tunisian Berber and Zuwara is consisting of the varieties spoken in mainland Tunisia ( Sened (extinct), Matmata and Tataouine),

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and

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, but not Nafusi which is considered a dialect of Eastern Berber.M. Kossmann
The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber
p.24 (Brill, 2013) Before Kossmann,

Roger Blench Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and works ...

(2006) considered East Zanati to be a

consisting of Sened (extinct, including Tmagurt), Djerbi, Matmata (

Tamezret Tamezret or Tamazrat ( ber, ⵜⴰⵎⵣⵔⴻⵜ) is a Tunisian Berber village located in the south-east of the country, about ten kilometers from Matmata and forty kilometers southwest of the capital of the governorate of Gabès on which it dep ...

Zrawa Zraoua is a Tunisian village in the delegation of Matmata. The original name in Amazigh language is Azro. Beside the Berber tribes, there was installation of the Arab tribes of Ouled Abdallah and Ouled Hlel from Enfidha and Ouled Aïssa from t ...

& Taujjut), and Nafusi. AA list
Blench, ms, 2006

References

Berber languages Zenati languages East Zenati languages Berbers in Libya Berbers in Tunisia {{Berber-lang-stub