Berber languages
branch of the Afroasiatic language family indigenous to North Africa
The Berber languages or Tamazight are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Kabyle and Tachelhit are Berber languages.
| Berber (Amazigh) | |
|---|---|
| Tamaziɣt ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ | |
| Ethnicity: | Berber people (Imazighen) |
| Geographic distribution: | North Africa, mainly Algeria and Morocco; 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. |
| 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. | |
Other websites
change- Berber Research Center (INALCO, Paris) (in French)
- Interview with Rachid Aadnani on the Amazigh issue Archived 2007-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Imyura, Berber website about literature, mostly Kabyle Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
Websites that are in Berber language
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