Awjilah language
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Awjila is a Berber language spoken in Cyrenaica
, Libya
, in the Awjila
oasis. UNESCO considers Awjilah to be seriously endangered as the youngest speakers have reached or passed middle age.
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca...
, Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, in the Awjila
Awjila
Awjila is a Berber-speaking oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. It is the place after which the Awgila-Berber language, an Eastern Berber language, is named...
oasis. UNESCO considers Awjilah to be seriously endangered as the youngest speakers have reached or passed middle age.