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.

Mzab–Wargla
Geographic distribution	North Africa
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Zenati Mzab–Wargla
Language codes
Glottolog	moza1250
Kossmann's "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects

Subclassification

Kossmann (2013)

Maarten Kossmann (2013) listed six "Northern Saharan oasis" dialects:^[1]

• 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:^[2]

• 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