It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the central part of the Moroccan Rif.

Despite its speech area, the Sanhaja language belongs to the Atlas branch of Berber.

[3] Besides Senhaja de Srair, there are also several names such as Senhajiyya, Chelha, Chelha n Jbala, Tajeblit, Tamazight n Jbala, Tasenhajit.

Unlike some other Berber languages, Tifinagh script is never used in Senhaja de Srair.

If the language is written, especially in the case on Computer-mediated communication, Latin script is the most considered one, numbers are sometimes (but not consistently) used to represent some sounds: [4] Based on the Leipzig–Jakarta list, 17% of the vocabulary in Senhaja de Srair is borrowed.