Imraguen dialect
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| Imraguen | |
|---|---|
| Imragen / ⵉⵎⵔⴰⴳⴻⵏ | |
| Native to | Mauritania |
| Region | Cape Timiris to Nouadhibou |
| Ethnicity | Imraguen people |
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Native speakers
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530?[1] (2000)[2] (ethnic population?) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ime (retired) |
| Glottolog | (insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)imer1236[3] |
Imraguen (Imragen, ⵉⵎⵔⴰⴳⴻⵏ) is a language variety spoken by several hundred members of an Imraguen fishing tribe in the Banc d'Arguin National Park on the Atlantic coast of Mauritania. According to Gerteiny (1967), it is "a strange version of Hassaniyya restructured on an Azêr base"; Hassaniyya is an Arabic dialect and Azer is a Soninke dialect. According to Fortier (2004), the Imraguen speak the same language as the Nemadi, Hassaniyya. Younger generations are shifting to more standard Hassaniyya.
The name "Imraguen" itself is a Berber word imragen meaning "fishermen".
See also
References
- ↑ Estimate was removed from 17th edition of Ethnologue, and so is perhaps spurious
- ↑ Imraguen at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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- Alfred G. Gerteiny 1967, Mauritania. Frederic A. Praeger.
- Corinne Fortier, Spring 2004. AU MIROIR DE L'AUTRE: Chasseurs (Némadi) et pêcheurs (Imraguen) dans un monde de pasteurs nomades (Mauritanie) in Figures Sahariennes no. 7. [archived]
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