Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Tashelhit (Shilha)

c. 500 CE – today Living

Tashelhit (Shilha) (c. 500 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Berber → Tashelhit (Shilha).

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ISO 639-3
shi
Glottocode
tach1250

Northern Berber language of the Souss and Anti-Atlas in southern Morocco, the most widely spoken Berber language in Morocco. Has a manuscript tradition in Arabic script from the 16th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Berberc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Tashelhit (Shilha)c. 500 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Berber.

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