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Canarian Speech
99
In comparing Canarian with Berber words only a few of the many Berber dialects
have been turned to account. For it is not the object of this paper to show how widely
any particular Berber word is current dialectically. It is sufficient to demonstrate that
a Canarian word has an analogy with a Berber term of similar form and meaning. In
the northern zone, mention is made of the dialects of Siwah; of Gebel Nefusa in Tripoli-
tana lying to the southwest of the town of Tripoli; of the Qabyles of the Jurjura mountains
lying between the towns of Dellis and Bougie on the northern coast of Algeria; of the Beni
Menager who occupy territory between Milliana and Shershal on the coast; of the Rif who
inhabit the eastern part of Morocco where it borders on Algeria; of the Moroccans-of
Demnat, a town situated about eighteen hours journey nearly northeast of the city of
Morocco; of the Shilha or Shluh in the province of Sus in southern Morocco.
In the central belt notice is occasionally taken of the dialects of the confederation of
the Beni Mzab of Zenata stock, who now live about Lat. 33° N. though formerly they
inhabited Algeria proper; of the dialect of Wargla, which is spoken to the south and a
little to the east of the Beni Mzab on Lat. 32° N; of Ghadames in Tripolitana, spoken to
the southeast of Wargla nearly on Lat. 30° N.; of Gurara beyond the southwest corner of
Algeria, between Lat. 28° and 29° N. in a line with the Canary Islands.
In the southern zone the Ahoggar or Ahaggar occupy the plateau of that name, which
lies southeast of Gurara between Lat. 20° and 25° N. The Ahoggar are a branch of the
Imosag, the Tawarek of the Arabs, and embrace many tribes. Among these are the noble
Kel Taitoq, whose dialect has been carefully investigated by Masqueray, and the servile
Isaggamaren, whose dialect, under the title of Tamoseq, has been studied by Hanoteau.
The Awelimmiden take their name from the great Berber family, the Lemta or Lemtuna,
of Senhadja or Zenaga stock. They nomadize and pillage over a great tract of country
lying to the southwest of the Ahoggar as far as the town of Timbuktu on the Niger, nearly
in Lat. 17° N. The Zenaga or Senhadja of Arab authors, are now found in Taganet, about
Lat. 19° N., and further south on the lower Senegal river. But Leo Africanus, who trav-
eled in Morocco about the year 1514, found Zenaga in the valley of the Ziz in the district of
Tafilelt or Tafilet in Lat. 31° N. He also states that the dry desert of the Zanhaga was bor-
dered on the west by the ocean and extended eastwards to the salt pits of Tegaza. North-
wards it abutted on Sus, Acca, and Dara, and southwards it stretched to the land of the
negroes, to the kingdoms of Walata and Tombuto (Timbuktu). Tegaza is the Trasas or
Tgaza of Rene Caillie. It lies within Lat. 22°-30° N. and nearly on Long. 4° W. of Green-
wich. Galindo mentions the Zenaga in a way which suggests that in his day they lived a
great deal further north than the Senegal river, no doubt in the southern parts of Morocco.
Distributed as they are over so large an area in northern Africa, it is self-evident that
the Berber dialects must differ from each other very considerably in their vocabulary and
99
In comparing Canarian with Berber words only a few of the many Berber dialects
have been turned to account. For it is not the object of this paper to show how widely
any particular Berber word is current dialectically. It is sufficient to demonstrate that
a Canarian word has an analogy with a Berber term of similar form and meaning. In
the northern zone, mention is made of the dialects of Siwah; of Gebel Nefusa in Tripoli-
tana lying to the southwest of the town of Tripoli; of the Qabyles of the Jurjura mountains
lying between the towns of Dellis and Bougie on the northern coast of Algeria; of the Beni
Menager who occupy territory between Milliana and Shershal on the coast; of the Rif who
inhabit the eastern part of Morocco where it borders on Algeria; of the Moroccans-of
Demnat, a town situated about eighteen hours journey nearly northeast of the city of
Morocco; of the Shilha or Shluh in the province of Sus in southern Morocco.
In the central belt notice is occasionally taken of the dialects of the confederation of
the Beni Mzab of Zenata stock, who now live about Lat. 33° N. though formerly they
inhabited Algeria proper; of the dialect of Wargla, which is spoken to the south and a
little to the east of the Beni Mzab on Lat. 32° N; of Ghadames in Tripolitana, spoken to
the southeast of Wargla nearly on Lat. 30° N.; of Gurara beyond the southwest corner of
Algeria, between Lat. 28° and 29° N. in a line with the Canary Islands.
In the southern zone the Ahoggar or Ahaggar occupy the plateau of that name, which
lies southeast of Gurara between Lat. 20° and 25° N. The Ahoggar are a branch of the
Imosag, the Tawarek of the Arabs, and embrace many tribes. Among these are the noble
Kel Taitoq, whose dialect has been carefully investigated by Masqueray, and the servile
Isaggamaren, whose dialect, under the title of Tamoseq, has been studied by Hanoteau.
The Awelimmiden take their name from the great Berber family, the Lemta or Lemtuna,
of Senhadja or Zenaga stock. They nomadize and pillage over a great tract of country
lying to the southwest of the Ahoggar as far as the town of Timbuktu on the Niger, nearly
in Lat. 17° N. The Zenaga or Senhadja of Arab authors, are now found in Taganet, about
Lat. 19° N., and further south on the lower Senegal river. But Leo Africanus, who trav-
eled in Morocco about the year 1514, found Zenaga in the valley of the Ziz in the district of
Tafilelt or Tafilet in Lat. 31° N. He also states that the dry desert of the Zanhaga was bor-
dered on the west by the ocean and extended eastwards to the salt pits of Tegaza. North-
wards it abutted on Sus, Acca, and Dara, and southwards it stretched to the land of the
negroes, to the kingdoms of Walata and Tombuto (Timbuktu). Tegaza is the Trasas or
Tgaza of Rene Caillie. It lies within Lat. 22°-30° N. and nearly on Long. 4° W. of Green-
wich. Galindo mentions the Zenaga in a way which suggests that in his day they lived a
great deal further north than the Senegal river, no doubt in the southern parts of Morocco.
Distributed as they are over so large an area in northern Africa, it is self-evident that
the Berber dialects must differ from each other very considerably in their vocabulary and