Shilha

The language of the Shilouh (Fr. Chelouh) probably represents to us that of the ancient Mauri tan i ans and western Gætulians. It is now spoken in the highlands and outlying districts of Morocco. Though immensely overrun by Arabic , it preserves its ancient grammar as a Libyan tongue. The pronominal system distinguishes it from the kindred languages. In the “Journal of the Asiatic Society” (1847) a long specimen of this language was printed in the Arabic character (“The Narrative of Sidi Ibrahim”), with a tentative interline ary Latin translation and some Notes by Profe or Newman.     F. W. N.   See Libyan .