ISO 639-3 · shishi
Afroasiatic family
Tashelhit
Taclḥit
Tashelhit is a language of the Atlas (Amazigh) branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Morocco. Wikidata counts about 8 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Berber language of southwestern Morocco”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
shi- Glottocode
tach1250- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 31.00, -7.10
- Wikipedia
- 54 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tashelhit · Taclḥit |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tachelhit, Shilha, Schleuh, Chleuh, Tachelhit language |
| All speakers | 8,000,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Latin script, Neo-Tifinagh |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tashelhit
The branches above Tashelhit, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Morocco
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 maryMoroccan ArabicAfroasiatic · 27.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationtzmCentral Atlas Tamazightunclassified · 17 m6a · VigorousrifTarifitAfroasiatic · 4.4 m5 · DevelopingmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationzghStandard Moroccan Amazighunclassified · 2.7 m1 · NationalajuJudeo-MoroccanAfroasiatic7 · ShiftinggrrTaznatitAfroasiatic6b · Threatened