Belbali people

Belbali Arabic: البلبالية, romanized: *al-Balbaliyyah*
Regions with significant populations
Tabelbala, Béchar Province	3,000 (2010)
Languages
	Korandje
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Songhai people, Zarma, Tuareg

The Belbali people (Arabic: البلبالية, romanized: al-Balbaliyyah) are the northernmost Songhay subgroup. They are found primarily in the villages of Kwara, Ifrenyu and Yami in the oasis of Tabelbala[1] in Algeria's Béchar Province. Significant numbers are also in the town of Tindouf[2][3][4]

References

«Etude sur le dialecte de Tabelbala», Lt. Cancel, Revue Africaine 1908, Nº 270-271, 302-347.
Belbali in Algeria, Joshuaproject.net, retrieved 2021-04-01
Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa, Lameen Souag, PhD thesis, SOAS, 2010
"Tabelbala: Eine Songhaysprachinsel in der Algerischen Sahara", Mohamed Tilmatine, Afrikanische Arbeitspapiere Sondernummer 377-397, 1991; "Un parler berbèro-songhay du sud-ouest algérien (Tabelbala): Elements d’histoire et de linguistique", Mohamed Tilmatine, Etudes et documents berbères 14:163-198, 1996.

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[1] «Etude sur le dialecte de Tabelbala», Lt. Cancel, Revue Africaine 1908, Nº 270-271, 302-347.

[2] Belbali in Algeria, Joshuaproject.net, retrieved 2021-04-01

[3] Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa, Lameen Souag, PhD thesis, SOAS, 2010

[4] "Tabelbala: Eine Songhaysprachinsel in der Algerischen Sahara", Mohamed Tilmatine, Afrikanische Arbeitspapiere Sondernummer 377-397, 1991; "Un parler berbèro-songhay du sud-ouest algérien (Tabelbala): Elements d’histoire et de linguistique", Mohamed Tilmatine, Etudes et documents berbères 14:163-198, 1996.