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Shilha|ˈʃɪlhə|
Also Shilh, Shilhah, Shleuh, Shluh.
[Native name.]
(A member of) a Berber people of southern Morocco; also, the language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1713S. Ockley Acct. S.W. Barbary i. 28 It is about 30 days journey distant from Macquanes... They also differ from the other Moors in their language, and have a peculiar dialect to themselves, which they call Shilhah. 1841G. Borrow Zincali I. i. vii. 113 The tribes who speak the Shilha language, and who are the descendants of the ancient Numidians. Ibid. 118 The sect of Sidi Hamed au Muza... Their language is the Shilhah, or a dialect thereof. Ibid. II. iii. 117 The coast of Northern Africa, where only Arabic and Shilhah are spoken. 1882[see Kabyle]. 1921E. Sapir Language 73 The Hamitic languages of Northern Africa, e.g. Shilh. 1951W. Blunt Black Sunrise iv. 42 The Berber-speaking inhabitants can be further subdivided into Berbers proper, Shluhs, etc. 1972E. A. Nida Bk. Thousand Tongues (ed. 2) 389/2 Shilha is a Berber language spoken in several dialects throughout southern Morocco. Most Shilha men are bi⁓lingual in Arabic and their mother tongue. 1973A. Adam in Gellner & Micaud Arabs & Berbers iii. xvii. 325 Tachelhit, the language of the Shleuh, who inhabit the western High Atlas, the Anti-Atlas and the plains or valleys of southwestern Morocco. 1976K. L. Brown People of Salé iii. viii. 153 Generally the term used in Salé for those speakers of Berber languages, whether they came from the Rif, Middle Atlas, High Atlas, Anti-Atlas or the valleys of southern Morocco, was Shluh. |