Central Atlas Tamazight

Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamaziɣt ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Native to	Morocco
Region	Central Morocco – Middle Atlas
Native speakers	3 million  (1998) 2.6 million (In Morocco only - 2004 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Atlas Central Atlas Tamazight
Writing system	Tifinagh, Latin, Arabic
Official status
Regulated by	IRCAM
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tzm
Location of Central Atlas Tamazight speakersCentral Atlas Tamazight speakers are mostly distributed in a large, contiguous area in central Morocco.

Central Atlas Tamazight (CAT), also known as Central Morocco Tamazight/Berber (CMB) is a Berber language. It is of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is spoken by 3 to 5 million people in Central Morocco, and by smaller communities in France and elsewhere. It is an official language of Morocco.

Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the four most-spoken Berber languages. The other ones are Kabyle, Shilha, and Riff.

CMB is in sprachbund (developed alongside) the dialect of Ait Seghrouchen. That means speakers from both groups can understand each other (mutually intelligible) even if they spot some differences.

Central Atlas Tamazight Media

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  The Almoravid dynasty (green) at its greatest extent, c. 1120.

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  Percent of Tmazight speakers in Morocco by census 2004 Based on data found *Central Atlas Tamazight is among the four most-spoken Berber languages (the other three being Kabyle, Shilha, and Riff), and rivals Shilha as the most-spoken Berber language in Morocco.

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  The IRCAM (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe) in Rabat

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  Tamaziɣt in Tifinagh