Kossmann (1999:29, 33) divides them into two groups: • one consisting of
Ghadamès and
Awjila. These two languages are the only
Berber languages to preserve proto-Berber *β as β; elsewhere in Berber it becomes
h or disappears. • the other consisting of
Nafusi (excluding Zuwara and southern Tunisia),
Sokna (El-Foqaha) and
Siwi. This shares some innovations with
Zenati, and others (e.g. the change of *ă to ə and the loss of *β •
Siwa •
Awjila •
Sokna † •
Ghadamès •
Zurg † The "Lingvarium Project" (2005) cites two additional languages, both located in
Libya: the
extinct language of
Jaghbub and the still-spoken Berber language of Tmessa, an oasis located in the north of the
Murzuq District. Blažek (1999) considers the language spoken in Tmessa as a dialect of
Fezzan. ==Notes==