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Language code: zen

Technical information about ISO 639 language code zen

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The table below provides technical details for the Zenaga language, designated by the zen code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

zen

Name

Zenaga

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Id-ablagId-aburees
Related languages
Tamasheq (Tuareg)TetserretGurara Berber (Taznatit)Tashelhit (Shilha)
Key facts
Zenaga retains rare consonants such as a voiced lateral fricative that most other Berber varieties lostFewer than 300 fluent speakers remain, so the language is classed as critically endangeredHeavy contact with Hassaniya Arabic has resulted in extensive lexical borrowing, yet Zenaga has also fed words into the local ArabicThe name comes from the medieval Sanhaja (Zenaga) tribes that once dominated western Saharan trade routesThe most comprehensive modern grammar of Zenaga was published by linguist D. Taine-Cheikh in 2008
Sample phrase

Azul, amek tiddeḍ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Zenaga language, identified by the code zen, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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