The Royal African Society Berber Texts from Jebel Nefûsi (Žemmâri Dialect) Author(s): Gennaro Buselli Source: Journal of the Royal African Society, Vol. 23, No. 92 (Jul., 1924), pp. 285-293 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of The Royal African Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/715648 . Accessed: 16/12/2013 11:30 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Oxford University Press and The Royal African Society are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the Royal African Society. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 212.219.239.48 on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:30:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 285 BERBER TEXTS FROM JEBEL NEFUSI (ZEMMARIDIALECT) JEBEL NEFUSI is a range of hills in the eastern part of Tripolitania, near the Tunis border, and about seventy miles inland from the town of Tripoli. The following texts were taken down by me from the dictation of 'Omar Ben Halifa, a native of Zemmari (FassAtol), Berber Assistant at the Royal Oriental Institute, Naples. They have been checked with the greatest care and chosen from among many others of an essentially popular and religious character.