Berber languages
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| Berber | |||
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| Tamaziɣt / Tamazight |
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| Ethnicity: | Berber people (Imazighen) | ||
| Geographic distribution: |
North Africa, mainly Morocco and Algeria; smaller Berber-speaking populations in Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Mauritania. Sizable communities of speakers in: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canada, and the United States. |
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| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Proto-language: | Proto-Berber | ||
| Subdivisions: |
? Guanche
Eastern ?
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | ber | ||
Berber-speaking populations are dominant in the colored areas of modern-day North Africa. The other areas of North Africa contain minority Berber-speaking populations.
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The Berber languages / Tamazight are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Kabyle is a Berber language.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Berber Research Center (INALCO, Paris) Articles and maps of high scientific value for a large audience (French)
- Tamazight language
- Emazighen
- Libyamazigh Page about Libyan culture with Tamazight language section.
- http://www.ancientscripts.com/berber.html
- Interview with Rachid Aadnani on the Amazigh issue
- Algerian Dardja Online Dictionary: contains many Tamazight terms
- Imyura Kabyle site about literature