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Iznasen Berber

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Iznasen
Beni Iznasen, Taznasit
Tmaziɣt
Native toNortheast Morocco
RegionBeni Snassen
Native speakers
100,000 (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologbeni1249
ELPBeni Iznassen

Iznasen (native name: Tmaziɣt),[2] also known as Beni Iznasen or Taznasit, is a Berber variety, belonging to the Zenati group. It is spoken by the Beni Snassen in the extreme northeast of Morocco near the border of western Algeria, west of which lies the Tarifit-speaking area.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kossmann, Maarten G. (2013). The Arabic influence on Northern Berber. Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics. Leiden; Boston: Brill. p. 22. ISBN 978-90-04-25308-7.
  2. ^ Rachida Rahhou (2005). Dictionnaire berbère-français, parler des Béni-Iznassen (Thesis). Fès.