Shenwa language

Shenwa
Shenwa
Chenoua
Haqbaylit̠
Native to	Algeria
Region	Mount Chenoua, Tipasa and Chlef districts
Ethnicity	Chenouas
Native speakers	76,000 (2007)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Zenati Shenwa; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cnu
Glottolog	chen1266
ELP	Chenoua

Shenwa, also spelt Chenoua (native name: Haqbaylit̠), is a Zenati Berber language spoken on Mount Chenoua (Jebel Chenoua) in Algeria, just west of Algiers, and in the provinces of Tipaza (including the town of Cherchell) and Chlef. The speech of Jebel Chenoua proper is mutually comprehensible with that of the nearby Beni Menacer and Beni Haoua, and they are thus treated as a single language. There are some 76,000 speakers.

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