The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CHB
ISO 639-2: ber
| Population | 15,000 to 75,000 (1996). |
| Region | Towns are Cherchell, Hamadia, Gouraya, Damous, Oued Damous, Larhat, Marceau, Sidi Amar, Nador, Tipaza, Sidi Mousa, Ain Tagourirt. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern. |
| Comments | 77% lexical similarity with Chaouia, 76% with Kabyle. Men and young people use Algerian Spoken Arabic as second language. Muslim. |
