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Name: Nafusi

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Jabal Nafūsa; Djerbi; Nefusi; Jabal Nafusi; Jebel Nefusi; Jbel Nafusi; Shilha; Tunisian Berber; Berber; Taujjut

Spoken in: Tunisia, Libya

Number of speakers: 184,000 in Libya (2006). Population total all countries: 210,000 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 240000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 167000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: jbn

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Afro-Asiatic

Parent Subgroup: East Zenati (ezen)

Child Dialects: Zuara; Zuwāra; Zouara; Zuwarah; Zwara; Zuraa (jbn-zua) Jerba; Djerbi; Guelili (jbn-jer) Tamezret; Duwinna (jbn-tam) Jerbi; Jerba (jbn-jbi) Jbali-Tamezret; Duwinna (jbn-jba)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Severely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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