April 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Correspondence
Meaning : person , human being
#Tamasheq : Awadəm
#Tamajeq : Awedan
#Zenaga : Aragaž , Aragah
#Hassaniya : Aragaž
#Tetserret : Afagan
Meaning : person , human being
#Tamasheq : Awadəm
#Tamajeq : Awedan
#Zenaga : Aragaž , Aragah
#Hassaniya : Aragaž
#Tetserret : Afagan
September 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Correspondence
Meaning : person , human being
#Tamasheq : Awadəm
#Tamajeq : Awedan
#Zenaga : Aragaž , Aragah
#Hassaniya : Aragaž
#Tetserret : Afagan
Meaning : person , human being
#Tamasheq : Awadəm
#Tamajeq : Awedan
#Zenaga : Aragaž , Aragah
#Hassaniya : Aragaž
#Tetserret : Afagan
Numbers in Tamajeq Tetserret, Tadaksahak and Zenaga
February 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Numbers in Tamajeq Tetserret, Tadaksahak and Zenaga
"While Zenaga appears to be nearing extinction, Hassaniya Arabic contains a substantial number of Zenaga loanwords (more than 10% of the vocabulary)."
Can anyone substantiate this claim from Wikipedia? (Out of pure curiosity)
Can anyone substantiate this claim from Wikipedia? (Out of pure curiosity)
September 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"While Zenaga appears to be nearing extinction, Hassaniya Arabic contains a substantial number of Zenaga loanwords (more than 10% of the vocabulary)."
Can anyone substantiate this claim from Wikipedia? (Out of pure curiosity)
Can anyone substantiate this claim from Wikipedia? (Out of pure curiosity)
#Zenaga : Tak ǝšk-ǝn-nun
[Tamazight]
Question : How are you ?
#Tamacheq : Mattolaham
#Tamajeq : Madǝrtolam / Mattolam
#Tetserret : Mǝdartǝkšalǝm
Literally : What do you look like ?
Question : How are you ?
#Tamacheq : Mattolaham
#Tamajeq : Madǝrtolam / Mattolam
#Tetserret : Mǝdartǝkšalǝm
Literally : What do you look like ?
December 12, 2024 at 11:58 PM
#Zenaga : Tak ǝšk-ǝn-nun
The Tetserret word has cognat in zenaga
July 2, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Tetserret word has cognat in zenaga
Correspondence
Meaning : Ladle
> Tamajeq : asəlku , amola
> Tetserret : šigəm
> Zenaga : əšəgəm
> Hassaniya : išigim
Meaning : Ladle
> Tamajeq : asəlku , amola
> Tetserret : šigəm
> Zenaga : əšəgəm
> Hassaniya : išigim
May 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Correspondence
Meaning : Ladle
> Tamajeq : asəlku , amola
> Tetserret : šigəm
> Zenaga : əšəgəm
> Hassaniya : išigim
Meaning : Ladle
> Tamajeq : asəlku , amola
> Tetserret : šigəm
> Zenaga : əšəgəm
> Hassaniya : išigim
In many case the Zenaga substrate in hassaniya arabic has K/L where modern Zenaga has G/Y .
And t where Zenaga has đ
And t where Zenaga has đ
May 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
In many case the Zenaga substrate in hassaniya arabic has K/L where modern Zenaga has G/Y .
And t where Zenaga has đ
And t where Zenaga has đ
December 14, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Correspondence
Meaning : to go in the afternoon
#Tamajeq : edwa
#Tetserret : issadba
#Zenaga : yassedba
#Hassaniya : əssadba
Meaning : to go in the afternoon
#Tamajeq : edwa
#Tetserret : issadba
#Zenaga : yassedba
#Hassaniya : əssadba
May 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Correspondence
Meaning : to go in the afternoon
#Tamajeq : edwa
#Tetserret : issadba
#Zenaga : yassedba
#Hassaniya : əssadba
Meaning : to go in the afternoon
#Tamajeq : edwa
#Tetserret : issadba
#Zenaga : yassedba
#Hassaniya : əssadba
April 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In zenaga
oḅḅuḏ = to jump, to fly
anaḅḅuḏ = airport
oḅḅuḏ = to jump, to fly
anaḅḅuḏ = airport
Correspondence
#Tamajeq :
- ǝggǝd
- šigget
- ǝgǝḍiḍ iggadan
#Tetserret :
- obbǝd
- tǝbbǝd
- agoḍǝḍ ibbodǝn
Meaning :
-to jump, to fly
- a jump, a flight
- a bird that flies
#Tamajeq :
- ǝggǝd
- šigget
- ǝgǝḍiḍ iggadan
#Tetserret :
- obbǝd
- tǝbbǝd
- agoḍǝḍ ibbodǝn
Meaning :
-to jump, to fly
- a jump, a flight
- a bird that flies
June 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In zenaga
oḅḅuḏ = to jump, to fly
anaḅḅuḏ = airport
oḅḅuḏ = to jump, to fly
anaḅḅuḏ = airport
Western Amazigh
Tetserret / Zenaga :
- əskorək = askarag = i did
- əskorad = askaraḏi = i did it
- ǝnnak = ǝnnag = i said
- ǝnnad = ǝnnaḏi = i said it
Tetserret / Zenaga :
- əskorək = askarag = i did
- əskorad = askaraḏi = i did it
- ǝnnak = ǝnnag = i said
- ǝnnad = ǝnnaḏi = i said it
February 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Western Amazigh
Tetserret / Zenaga :
- əskorək = askarag = i did
- əskorad = askaraḏi = i did it
- ǝnnak = ǝnnag = i said
- ǝnnad = ǝnnaḏi = i said it
Tetserret / Zenaga :
- əskorək = askarag = i did
- əskorad = askaraḏi = i did it
- ǝnnak = ǝnnag = i said
- ǝnnad = ǝnnaḏi = i said it
Tetserret is clearly independent from tamajeq and zenaga
August 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tetserret is clearly independent from tamajeq and zenaga
Saw that tamazight has a specific word for "twenty" which is "agnar" .
I thought only western Amazigh have a specific word for "twenty"
Zenaga : taššinda
Tadaksahak : taššinda
Tetserret : təššinda
I thought only western Amazigh have a specific word for "twenty"
Zenaga : taššinda
Tadaksahak : taššinda
Tetserret : təššinda
March 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Saw that tamazight has a specific word for "twenty" which is "agnar" .
I thought only western Amazigh have a specific word for "twenty"
Zenaga : taššinda
Tadaksahak : taššinda
Tetserret : təššinda
I thought only western Amazigh have a specific word for "twenty"
Zenaga : taššinda
Tadaksahak : taššinda
Tetserret : təššinda
While reading @maartenkossmann.bsky.social article on the origin of the glottal stop in zenaga I see word the zenaga word i'wi which designs a little calf and which would be the cognate of the tamajeq aɣu/ahɣu.
In tetserret the little calf is called ewaw, maybe a cognat ?
In tetserret the little calf is called ewaw, maybe a cognat ?
July 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
While reading @maartenkossmann.bsky.social article on the origin of the glottal stop in zenaga I see word the zenaga word i'wi which designs a little calf and which would be the cognate of the tamajeq aɣu/ahɣu.
In tetserret the little calf is called ewaw, maybe a cognat ?
In tetserret the little calf is called ewaw, maybe a cognat ?
What happens with the plural of the word "name" in Western Amazigh languages ?
#Zenaga : i'šǝm , pl: assaṃṃun
#Tetserret : ešǝm , pl: ǝssǝmun
#Zenaga : i'šǝm , pl: assaṃṃun
#Tetserret : ešǝm , pl: ǝssǝmun
March 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
What happens with the plural of the word "name" in Western Amazigh languages ?
#Zenaga : i'šǝm , pl: assaṃṃun
#Tetserret : ešǝm , pl: ǝssǝmun
#Zenaga : i'šǝm , pl: assaṃṃun
#Tetserret : ešǝm , pl: ǝssǝmun
Reminds me of the name of a small red insect "rain bug" that appears after the rain.
We call it "rain cow" in tamajeq "taṣt n akonak' and same expression in zenaga "tašši n akkanag" .
In arabic it's often "daughter of the rain"
We call it "rain cow" in tamajeq "taṣt n akonak' and same expression in zenaga "tašši n akkanag" .
In arabic it's often "daughter of the rain"
April 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Reminds me of the name of a small red insect "rain bug" that appears after the rain.
We call it "rain cow" in tamajeq "taṣt n akonak' and same expression in zenaga "tašši n akkanag" .
In arabic it's often "daughter of the rain"
We call it "rain cow" in tamajeq "taṣt n akonak' and same expression in zenaga "tašši n akkanag" .
In arabic it's often "daughter of the rain"
Correspondance
Meaning : The Tarawih prayers
#Tamajeq : šizǝgraren
#Zenaga : tǝžǝgrarǝn
#Tetserret : attarawiḥ
Meaning : The Tarawih prayers
#Tamajeq : šizǝgraren
#Zenaga : tǝžǝgrarǝn
#Tetserret : attarawiḥ
March 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Correspondance
Meaning : The Tarawih prayers
#Tamajeq : šizǝgraren
#Zenaga : tǝžǝgrarǝn
#Tetserret : attarawiḥ
Meaning : The Tarawih prayers
#Tamajeq : šizǝgraren
#Zenaga : tǝžǝgrarǝn
#Tetserret : attarawiḥ
Western Amazigh languages have some word that are very weird .
Like the word for " back "
#Zenaga : amarẓih
#Tetserret : marṣayən
In many Amazigh languages its aruru/aruri/aɛrur .
Like the word for " back "
#Zenaga : amarẓih
#Tetserret : marṣayən
In many Amazigh languages its aruru/aruri/aɛrur .
March 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Western Amazigh languages have some word that are very weird .
Like the word for " back "
#Zenaga : amarẓih
#Tetserret : marṣayən
In many Amazigh languages its aruru/aruri/aɛrur .
Like the word for " back "
#Zenaga : amarẓih
#Tetserret : marṣayən
In many Amazigh languages its aruru/aruri/aɛrur .
Correspondence
> He tied the luggage with a rope
#Tamajeq : iqqan ilalan s aɣan
#Tetserret : iwwon tawya š ižeker
#Zenaga : ya'n tawžah əš iži'gar
The roots ƔN/ZKR are all attested in each of these languages, but for a rope ƔN is more frequent in Tamajeq and ZKR in Zenaga-Tets .
> He tied the luggage with a rope
#Tamajeq : iqqan ilalan s aɣan
#Tetserret : iwwon tawya š ižeker
#Zenaga : ya'n tawžah əš iži'gar
The roots ƔN/ZKR are all attested in each of these languages, but for a rope ƔN is more frequent in Tamajeq and ZKR in Zenaga-Tets .
August 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Correspondence
> He tied the luggage with a rope
#Tamajeq : iqqan ilalan s aɣan
#Tetserret : iwwon tawya š ižeker
#Zenaga : ya'n tawžah əš iži'gar
The roots ƔN/ZKR are all attested in each of these languages, but for a rope ƔN is more frequent in Tamajeq and ZKR in Zenaga-Tets .
> He tied the luggage with a rope
#Tamajeq : iqqan ilalan s aɣan
#Tetserret : iwwon tawya š ižeker
#Zenaga : ya'n tawžah əš iži'gar
The roots ƔN/ZKR are all attested in each of these languages, but for a rope ƔN is more frequent in Tamajeq and ZKR in Zenaga-Tets .
In which I argue that the Tashelhiyt (and international) word for the argan tree and its fruit reflects an earlier Berber substratum close to Zenaga
January 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In which I argue that the Tashelhiyt (and international) word for the argan tree and its fruit reflects an earlier Berber substratum close to Zenaga