Endangered Languages Project - Ghadamès

Ghadamès

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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threatened

CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Berber
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gha
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ayt Waziten Elt Ulid
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language Endangerment in Northern Africa” (123-139 ch. 6) . Matthias Brenzinger (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4000

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Algeria: Amazigh language(s) are national language. Libya: Amazigh languages suppressed by Qaddafi

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The figures [2000] are the ones provided in Ethnologue. The figure concerns the population in Libya. The total population in all countries is estimated to 4000."

PLACES: Libya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The language is spoken in a small oasis near the Algerian-Tunisian border."

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing