Mzab–Wargla languages
# Mzab–Wargla languages

The Mzab–Wargla languages or Northern Saharan oasis dialects are a dialect cluster of the Zenati languages, within the Northern Berber subbranch. They are spoken in scattered oases of Algeria and Morocco.

## Subclassification

### Kossmann (2013)

Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:

* South Oranie and Figuig
* Gurara
* Tuwat-Tidikelt
* Mzab
* Wargla
* Wad Righ (Tugurt)

### Ethnologue (2009)

In Ethnologue XVI (2009), the "Mzab–Wargla" languages are listed as:

* Tagargrent (Wargli)
* Temacine Tamazight (Tugurt)
* Taznatit ("Zenati": Gurara, Tuwat and South Oran)
* Tumzabt (Mozabite)

Unlike Kossmann, Ethnologue considers the Berber dialect spoken in Tidikelt as a separate branch of the Zenati group, distinct from Tuwat.

### Blench

Roger Blench (2006) listed eight varieties:

* Gurara
* Mzab, Ghardaia (Mozabite)
* Wargla
* Tugurt
* Seghrušen
* Figuig
* Senhaja
* Iznacen

However, Senhaja is actually an Atlas language.

## Linguistic maps

* Mzab, Wargla and Wad Righ
* Gourara
* South Oranie and Figuig
