ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Africa · ISO 639-3 jbn · Glottocode nafu1238

Nafusi

Nafusi is attested in 2 listed source countries; Glottolog classifies the language in the Afro-Asiatic family and gives it moribund status.

Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Likely script
Arabic (Arab)
Source status
moribund
Macroarea
Africa
Source country codes
LY · TN
Reference point
31.935, 11.782

Open research question

How can oral traditions, writing practices, and new digital forms be documented for Nafusi without claiming a uniform cultural perspective?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.