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Writing 'Shelha' in new media

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This article examines the transcription choices and social purposes involved in the writing of non-Arabic local languages ("Shelha") in southwestern Algeria, including several Berber varieties and Korandjé, in the Arabic script, mainly online. Examination of the transcription choices suggests that 'Ajami' writing is a natural side effect of Arabic literacy, which can show significant homogeneity across individuals and languages without the practice itself ever having been institutionally taught. The contexts and purposes of the examples confirm that, in public contexts, Arabic remains the default choice, with 'Shelha' reserved almost exclusively for presenting language-specific form rather than translatable meaning; in private messages, however, 'Shelha' may still be used to emphasise solidarity, paralleling its oral sociolinguistic status.
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Lameen Souag. Writing 'Shelha' in new media: Emergent non-Arabic literacy in Southwestern Algeria. Mumin, Meikal; Versteegh, Kees. The Arabic Script in Africa: Studies on the Usage of a Writing System, 71, Brill, pp.91-104, 2014, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, 9789004256798. ⟨10.1163/9789004256804_006⟩. ⟨halshs-01376222⟩
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