Chaouia language
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{{language |name=Chaouia |nativename=Tachawit |states=Algeria |region=Aurès Mountains |speakers=1,400,000 |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=Berber |fam3=Northern |fam4=Zenati |iso2=ber|iso3=shy}}
Chaouia is the Zenati Berber language of the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria, around Batna and Khenchela. It has over a million speakers. Known alternative spellings are "Shawia", "Shawiya", "Tachawit", "Thachawith", "Tachaouith", and "Th'Chèwith". But in Chaouia language, the T is not prononced, so it's "H'chawit"