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Notes on an Amazigh Argot: The tagnawt of the drummers of At Jennad (Western Kabylia, Algeria)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This note provides a brief introduction to Tagnawt, a argot used exclusively by drummers from the At Jennad confederation in western Kabylia (Algeria). The matrix of this slang is Taqbaylit, the Amazigh language with the largest number of speakers in Algeria. This paper presents some sociolinguistic and linguistic features of this slang, a number of lexical items, its pronominal system and a few sentences.

Source: Kervan

DOI: 10.13135/1825-263x/11492

Author: Garaoun, Massinissa

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique

Language: English

Topic: North African History and Literature

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4406827092

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