Sokna ( ar, سوكنة, IPA
so:kna also transliterated as Socna or Sawknah,
Tamazight: Isuknen
[Aghali Zakara, M., Allati, A., Amaoui, M., Baldi, S., Boukerrouf, R., Bouzakhar, M., ... & Fedikhi, R. (2015). La lingua nella vita e la vita della lingua. Itinerari e percorsi degli studi berberi. Miscellanea per il Centenario di studi berberi a «L’Orientale» di Napoli. Scritti in onore di Francesco Beguinot. URL :https://unora.unior.it/retrieve/handle/11574/164317/34753/SB4.pdf]) is a
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oasis
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town in the
Fezzan region of southwest
Libya.
The
Eastern Berber language
The Eastern Berber languages are a group of Berber languages spoken in Libya and Egypt. They include Awjila, Sokna and Fezzan (El-Fogaha), Siwi and Ghadamès, though it is not clear that they form a valid genealogical group.
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Sokna is native to the town.
This local pre-arabized dialect, which fell out of use by the end of the 20th century, is retained in place names. Presently, the population speaks Arabic.
Geography
Sokna is located southwest of the district capital
Hun
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...
, in the
Jufra District. The
natural springs support native
date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle Eas ...
(''Phoenix dactylifera'') groves. Due to its reliable supply of water, it has been an important hub on the trans-Saharan route since prehistory.
See also
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List of cities in Libya
References
Populated places in Jufra District
Oases of Libya
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