The Gurara language, also known as Taznatit, is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Gourara region, located in southwestern Algeria. This area consists of an archipelago of oases surrounding the town of Timimoun. With approximately 26,000 speakers, including those in the Tuwat area, Gurara is considered a minority language in Algeria. The language is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family and falls under the Berber branch, specifically the Zenati subgroup. Although it is sometimes referred to as a distinct language, some scholars, such as Blench (2006), classify Gurara as a dialect of Mzab–Wargla, and Tuwat as a dialect of the Riff languages. A distinctive feature of the Gurara language…