| Sened | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tunisia |
| Region | Sened and Tmagourt |
| Extinct | late 20th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sds |
| Glottolog | sene1271 |
 Berber-speaking areas belonging to the Tunisia-Zuwara dialectal group | |
Sened is an extinct East Zenati Berber language that was spoken in the nearby towns of Sened and Majoura (Berber Tmagurt) in southern Tunisia until the mid-20th century. In 1911, the whole town of Sened spoke Berber; by 1968, only the elderly did.
Sample
From a section translated from the epic Taghribat Bani Hilal, detailing the incursion of the Banu Hilal, in Provotelle's Etude sur la Tamazir't ou Zenatia de Qalaât Es-sned (Tunisie) (1911). The Arabic and French transcriptions of the text are reproduced unchanged; in the latter, r' represents a voiced uvular fricative, kh a voiceless uvular fricative, ch represents English sh, ou represents /u/ or /w/, i represents /i/ or /j/, and e represents schwa.
El
When
Oukhti
Diab
Diab
El
Elalalia
Hilali
ienr'a
killed
Khlifa
Khlifa
Ezzenati
Ezzenati,
ill-is
daughter-his
R'ida
Ghida
tenni
rode
zenneg
top
n
of
ezzimmel
horse
n
of
ebboïs.
father-her.
Oumman
Said-they
El Alali,
the-Hilalis,
teskerkoust
you-have-lied
tenr'it-etch.
you-killed-him-not.
Aou
Here-he-is
ienni
rides
zenneg
top
n
of
ezziml-is.
horse-his.
Ienni
Rode
Diab
Diab
zenneg
top
n
of
ezziml-is,
horse-his,
ious-es
goes
bâch
to
aïenr'it.
kill-her.
When Diab El Hilali killed Khlifa Ezzenati, his daughter Ghida got on her father's horse. The Hilalis said "You lied; you didn't kill him!. There he is riding his horse." Diab mounted his horse and went forth to kill her.
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