ISO 639-3 · shyshy
Afroasiatic family
Shawiya
Tacawit
Shawiya is a language of the Zenati languages branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Algeria. Wikidata counts about 2.3 m speakers (2020). Wikidata describes it as “Zenati variety of the Tamazight language spoken by the Shawi Berbers of the Awras region of eastern Algeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
shy- Glottocode
tach1249- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 34 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shawiya · Tacawit |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tachawit, Shawiya language, shy |
| All speakers | 2,300,000 (2020) |
| Written in | Arabic script, Tifinagh, Berber Latin alphabet |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Shawiya
The branches above Shawiya, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Algeria
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