Awjila-Sokna languages

Awjila-Sokna languages

Infobox Language family
name=Awjila-Sokna
region=Libya
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Berber
fam3=Eastern Berber
child1=Awjilah
child2=Sawknah

The Awjila-Sokna languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Libya. The Awjilah language is endangered. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90004 Ethnologue entry for Awjilah-Sokna languages]

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