#zenaga

[postcard-from-the-past]

Colonial troops returning to their base camp in Algeria following the 1903 bombardment of Zenaga, Morocco

French vintage postcard

[gwendolynlerman]

Languages of the world

Zenaga (ⵜⵓⴹⴹⵓⵏⴳⵉⵢⴰ/Tuẓẓungiyya)

Basic facts

Number of native speakers: 200

Recognized minority language: Mauritania

Language of diaspora: Senegal

Script: Tifinagh, 33 letters/Latin, 44 letters

Grammatical cases: 0

Linguistic typology: fusional, SVO/VSO

Language family: Afro-Asiatic, Amazigh, Western

Number of dialects: 2

History

17th century - beginning of the decline of Zenaga

Writing system and pronunciation

These are the letters that make up the Neo-Tifinagh script: ⴰ ⴱ ⴳ ⴳⵯ ⴷ ⴹ ⴻ ⴼ ⴽ ⴽⵯ ⵀ ⵃ ⵄ ⵅ ⵇ ⵉ ⵊ ⵍ ⵎ ⵏ ⵓ ⵔ ⵕ ⵖ ⵙ ⵚ ⵛ ⵜ ⵟ ⵡ ⵢ ⵣ ⵥ.

These are the letters that make up the Latin alphabet: a ä ā b č d ð ḍ ð̣ e ə f g ǧ γ h ḥ i ī k l m n ñ o q r s š t θ θ̣ u ū w x y z ẓ ž ž̠ ʔ ʕ.

Long consonants are expressed through repeated letters. Consonants with a dot below them express emphasis.

Grammar

Nouns have two genders (masculine and feminine), two numbers (singular and plural), and no cases. These are marked using prefixes and/or suffixes.

Pronouns distinguish gender in the second and third person singular and plural. Numerals are placed before the noun, while possession is expressed with suffixes.

Verbs are conjugated for tense, mood (imperative, indicative, and prohibitive), gender, number, and person. The past tense also has a negative form.

Dialects

Zenaga presents significant dialectal differences, especially between the Id-ab-lahsen and Tendgha dialects.

[itsthesinbin]

Hypnosis (the good kind)-a shorty little Overwatch drabble

Synopsis: Zenyatta knows the doubts that plague you. Fortunately, he has something to take your mind off of your troubles. Inspired by itsthesinbin’s hypnosis scenarios.

Rating: Teen and up

Pairings: Python!Zenyatta/Reader (can be any gender)

You just want to stay like this forever. Your body feels heavy and warm, supported in his gold-and-silver serpentine coils, vaguely aware of your surroundings with his deep, sibilant voice in your ears. In fact, it’s the only thing you can hear.

You are ssssafe, little one, Zenyatta hisses softly. You can hear him speak in both your ears and your mind, since he is a telepathic python. No need to feel ssstresssed. Jussst relax. His upper body slowly drapes itself around your shoulders.

Earlier that day, you had been feeling frustrated and angry, but fortunately, your reptilian lover had something just for that. You had agreed for him to hypnotize you in order to take your mind off of whatever had been bothering you. One of the good things about him was that he always was there to comfort you whenever you needed it.

So far, his method of hypnotism has been working, and here you are, feeling absolutely nothing at all. You peer up at the serpent through heavy-lidded eyes with a dazed grin, and he chuckles softly in return, showing off his two pointy little fangs.

Ssso, how doessss it feel? I’m ssssure you like it. Nothing to bother you, it’ssss jussssst the two of ussss. You are sssssuch a sssssweet little human. You’re clearly enjoying it. You moan softly, feeling your face get red. Ssssshhh, he soothes. You have nothing to worry about. And if there issss, you can ressssst asssssured that it will be gone by now.

His voice is getting to you, doing things to you. Then a sudden thought comes to you: What if he’s hypnotizing you just so he can eat you? You’ve done your research on pythons and that they kill their victims by strangling them and then swallowing them whole. But you’re sure Zenyatta would never do that. He seems to have read your thoughts, because he reassures you that he would never eat you.

Don’t be sssscared. I’m not going to sssstrangle you and eat you or anything. I’m only here to take your mind off of your troublesssss. Jussssst sssssleep. He rests his head on your shoulder and gently flicks your cheek with his forked tongue in a serpentine kiss. Ssssleep, and be at peace.

You finally let your eyes drift closed, feeling like you’re blissfully surrounded by a golden veil. All frustration is forgotten, your mind devoid of any stressful thoughts. Security and tranquility are your only emotions you feel, nestled in his protective coils.

[postcard-from-the-past]

French Foreign Legion troops advancing during the bombardment of Zenaga in Figuig, Morocco

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1903

[yesmounaimus-blog]

‏‎#Figuig #Zenaga Palace‎‏ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9kLaZEpDFz/?igshid=1u5cfqlfu45fu

[toasterzn]

Sbak'allah 😎#lostinparadise#figuig#zenaga#lafamilia#lebled#break (à Figuig - Zenaga)

[savageleeinactive]

i feel like i've shared it with you before, but i just wanted to remind you that "maneater" by blue eyed blondes is a thing that i think you would like

Ooh, I just looked it up, and it is 200% relevant to me interests! Thank you! Also, there’s always “Mein Teil” by Rammstein. B)

[trahcee]

Rules

Always post the rules. Answer the questions of the person who tagged you. Write 10 new questions. Tag 10 random people. Tell them you tagged them. Tag me in your responses

10 questions:

1. what fictional place would you visit, and what would you do there? Hogwarts. I would just get an awesome magical education I guess. I think I'd be really into magical history. 2. what movie (if any) has made you cry the hardest, and what part? I saw My Sister's Keeper in the theater with my mom and I was pretty much sobbing the whole time. Like lip quivering, make-up running down my face crying. The ending of Hanging Up always makes me cry because the dad in that movie reminds me a lot of my dad. 3. what was your favourite book as a kid? It's weird, I read a lot of books as a kid, like I read constantly, but I can't remember having a specific favorite book. I just loved any book I could get my hands on when I was a kid. 4. what kind of things would you do with a million dollars? I'd pay off my student loans and my friends student loans and I'd help my parents pay bills and buy my mom a new stove because she's wanted a new one for years. Then I would totally buy myself a bunch of new clothes. 5. if your life was a musical, what would the name of the climactic number be? "I'm Not Gonna Be Sad Anymore" ???? Idek. 6. which member of your family are you closest to (if any)? if not, how did you meet your best friend? Probably my mom, though there are some differences there that keep us from being super close. Actually, I would say the member of my family i'm closest with is my best friend because we've known each other for half our lives and refer to each other as sisters at this point. We met at a program for smart kids or whatever called Encore when we were 11. 7. if you could learn any language, what language would you learn? I would finish learning French. And idk maybe Russian or Spanish? I always thought it would be cool to know like a bunch of languages, but honestly I'm not that good with languages. It would also be cool to learn Vulcan or Elvish. 8. what is your favourite physical feature in a person you are attracted to? Idk I like nice hands, eyes, and noses. 9. if you could take one cast of characters and put them in an au, what cast and what au? I'd take the characters from Teen Wolf and put them in an Empire Records au. Because of reasons. 10. have you ever had any creepy/ghosty experiences? do tell. I've had a few creepy experiences. I think the one that weirded me out the most was a year or so ago when I was the only one awake in the house and I was pacing around listening to my ipod and I went in the living room and everything was normal, but when I went in there a few minutes later this Jesus figurine that is usually sitting high up on a shelf was sitting on the ground, upright, several feet away and it was in a place where it couldn't have logically fallen on it's own and definitely not sitting upright and my parents were still fast asleep. I've also heard my dad moving around in his office (which is right above my bedroom) several times when it turned out no one was home but me.

My questions:

1. What book (or books) would you say changed your life? 2. What is a food you used to hate but now love? 3. Is there a show or movie or whatever that you used to love but now you can't stand? If so, why? 4. What's something you're really passionate about? 5. If you could have a dinner party with six people dead or alive, fictional or real, who would those six people be? 6. Who was your first celebrity crush? 7. Have you ever had any creepy/ghosty experiences? (stealing this question because I like it) 8. What would the title of your autobiography be? 9. If you could magically be doing whatever you wanted, wherever you wanted, with whoever you wanted for one hour? What/where/who would that be? 10. If you were in hiding, and your location was being kept secret with the help of a Fidelius Charm, who would be your Secret Keeper?