| Chaoui Tachawit |
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| Spoken in: | Algeria | |
| Region: | Aurès ( Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Constantine, Oum el-Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tebessa) | |
| Total speakers: | 2,000,000 | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Chaoui |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ber | |
| ISO 639-3: | shy | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The Aurès ( Amazigh: Awras) refers to an Amazigh language-speaking region in East Algeria as well as an extension of the Atlas mountain range Khenchela (in arabic خنشلة is the name of the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province ( Wilaya) number 40 in the north east of Algeria Sétif (سطيف Kabyle: Sṭif; formerly Sitifis Colonia) is a town in northeastern Algeria. Constantine ( Arabic: is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. Oum El Bouaghi ( أم البواقي; Chaoui:) is a municipality in Algeria. Souk Ahras ( Arabic: سوق أهراس; Chaoui:) is a municipality in Algeria. Tébessa ( Arabic: تبسة Chaoui:) is the capital city of Tébessa Province, Algeria, 20 Kilometers west from the border with List of language familiesA language family is a group of Languages related by descent from a common ancestor called the Proto-language of that family The Afro-Asiatic languages constitute a Language family with about 375 languages ( SIL estimate and more than 300 million speakers spread throughout North Africa Nomenclature The term Berber has been used in Europe since at least the 17th century and is still used today The Northern Berber languages are a language continuum across the Maghreb that form a sub-family within the Berber languages. ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages ISO 639 -3 (ISO 639-32007 is an international standard for Language codes The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's | ||
Chaoui is the Chaoui language, Berber language of the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria, around Batna, Khenchela, Setif, Constantine, Oum el-Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tebessa and the north part of Biskra. Chaouia (Chaouia θšawiθ or Hšawiθ) is the eponymous Berber language spoken by the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria Nomenclature The term Berber has been used in Europe since at least the 17th century and is still used today The Chaouis are a Berber people who live mainly in the Aurès Region and Aurès Mountains. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Batna (باتنة ( Chaouia:, Tbathent is the main city of Batna Province, Algeria. Khenchela (in arabic خنشلة is the name of the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province ( Wilaya) number 40 in the north east of Algeria Sétif (سطيف Kabyle: Sṭif; formerly Sitifis Colonia) is a town in northeastern Algeria. Constantine ( Arabic: is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. Oum El Bouaghi ( أم البواقي; Chaoui:) is a municipality in Algeria. Souk Ahras ( Arabic: سوق أهراس; Chaoui:) is a municipality in Algeria. Tébessa ( Arabic: تبسة Chaoui:) is the capital city of Tébessa Province, Algeria, 20 Kilometers west from the border with Biskra ( Arabic: بسكرة; Berber: Tibeskert) is the capital city of Biskra province, Algeria. It has over two million speakers. Known alternative spellings are "Shawia", "Shawiya", "Tachawit", "Thachawith", "Tachaouith", and "Th'Chèwith", but in the Chaouia language, the leading TH /θ/ sound is often reduced to an H, thus the name is pronounced "H'chawit".
As some parts of North Africa were only recently arabized, some chaoui from the urban centers got partially arabized in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Chaouia is not a written language and based on the fact that it is not taught in schools, it may soon become extinct. Being that the nature of the Chaouia people is a very rural and secluded one, the language also does not suffice in conversation about modern machinery or technology. Instead, other language such as Arabic, French, or even English are used to describe certain things. THis is another reason that Chaouia is becoming obsolete.
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