Awjila language

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Awjila
Spoken in Libya
Region Cyrenaica
Native speakers 2,000  (1993)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 auj

Awjila (also known as Aujilah, Augila, Aoudjila) is a Berber language spoken in Cyrenaica, Libya,[1] in the Awjila oasis. UNESCO considers Awjilah to be seriously endangered as the youngest speakers have reached or passed middle age.[2]

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  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  2. ^ UNESCO

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