Berber languages
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) | |||
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| Tamaziɣt ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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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Berber Languages Media
Libyc inscription in Fumm ash-Shanna, Tinzouline, Zagora Province, Morocco
Percentage of Berber speakers in Morocco at the 2004 census
Map of Berber-speaking areas in Morocco
Aires linguistiques du nord-est algérien
Berbères en Algérie occidentale
A video of Tashlhiyt language, one of the Berber languages, spoken by a man from Ait Melloul.
An interview in Central Atlas Tamazight language as spoken by a professor from France.
Other websites
- 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
