Tashelhit possesses a distinct and substantial literary tradition that can be traced back several centuries before the colonial era. Substantial Tashelhit speaking migrant communities are found in most of the larger towns and cities of northern Morocco and outside Morocco in Belgium, France, Germany, Canada, the United States and Israel. Within Tashelhit speaking area, there are several Arabic-speaking enclaves, notably the town of Taroudannt and its surroundings. In the northeast, roughly along the line Marrakesh- Zagora, there is a dialect continuum with Central Atlas Tamazight. In the north and to the south, Tashelhit borders on Arabic-speaking areas. The largest urban centres in the area are the coastal city of Agadir (population over 400,000) and the towns of Guelmim, Taroudant, Oulad Teima, Tiznit and Ouarzazate. 100,000 square kilometres, comprising the western part of the High Atlas mountains and the regions to the south up to the Draa River, including the Anti-Atlas and the alluvial basin of the Souss River. Tashelhit is spoken in an area covering c. In French sources the language is called tachelhit, chelha or chleuh. In Moroccan Arabic the language is called Šəlḥa, from which the alternative English name Shilha is derived. The endonym is Taclḥit /taʃlʜijt/, and in recent English publications the language is often rendered Tashelhiyt or Tashelhit. It is spoken by more than eight million people in southwestern Morocco. Tashelhit, also known as Shilha / ˈ ʃ ɪ l h ə/, is a Berber language. Young man speaking Tachelhit, recorded in Cuba.
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