Sokna (jofra; Sawknah, sokna, Sawkna, suknah; tasuknit) is one of the Berber languages in the center of Libya [2] [3] . Distributed in the village of Sokna in the oasis of Al-Jofra , located in the north-west of the municipality of Al-Jofra (Tripolitania).
| Sokna | |
|---|---|
| Self name | tasuknit |
| Countries | Libya |
| Regions | Tripolitania |
| Total number of speakers | 5710 people (2005) [1] |
| Status | vanishing |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Afrasian macro family
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| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | swn |
| Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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The village of Sokna in the oasis of El Jofra on the map of the oases of the East Berber language area
The number of speakers is about 5 thousand people.
The rest of the population of the oasis (the villages of Hun and Ouddan ) are Arabized Berbers , possibly speaking related dialects. In general, the entire population of this oasis is called the Jofra Berber.
Notes
- Sources
- ↑ Joshua Project
- ↑ Militarev A. Yu. Berbero-Libyan languages // Big Russian Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. - A. Yu. Osipov . - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 2005. - T. 3. - ISBN 5-85270-330-4 .
- ↑ Blench, Roger. The Afro-Asiatic Languages. Classification and Reference List ( pdf) P. 13. Cambridge: Roger Blench Website. Publications (2006). Archived May 23, 2013. (Retrieved June 9, 2013)
Links
- The language is sap in Ethnologue. Languages of the World .