Saharan Arabic

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Algerian Saharan Arabic
Spoken in Algeria, Niger
Region southern
Native speakers 110,000  (1996)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aao

Algerian Saharan Arabic (also known as Saharan Arabic, Tamanrasset Arabic, Tamanghasset Arabic) is a structurally distinct variety of Arabic spoken by an estimated 100,000 people in Algeria, predominantly along the Moroccan border with the Atlas mountains range. It is also spoken by about 10,000 people in neighbouring Niger.[1]

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  1. ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr., ed. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. [page needed]. ISBN 155671159X. 

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