Kabyle language
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Kabyle language edition. |
Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle: Ṯāqbāylīṯ, taqbaylit, pronounced /ˌθaq.βajˈliθ/) spoken by the Kabyle people. There are 3,123,000 speakers worldwide, the majority in Algeria, where there are more 2,000,000 speakers.
| Kabyle | ||||
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 Taqbaylit (info • help) | ||||
| Native to | Algeria; immigrant communities in France, Belgium, Canada and elsewhere | |||
| Region | Kabylie (Provinces of Algiers, Béjaïa, BBA, Bouira, Boumerdes, Sétif, Tizi Ouzou, and parts of Jijel) | |||
| Ethnicity | Kabyle people | |||
| Native speakers | 5 to 7 millions worldwide. (date missing) | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Writing system | Berber Latin alphabet | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-2 | kab | |||
| ISO 639-3 | kab | |||
 Kabyle-speaking areas | ||||
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Kabyle was (with some exceptions) rarely written before the 20th century; however, in recent years a small but increasing body of literature has been printed. The originally oral poetry of Si Mohand and Ait Menguellet are particularly notable in this respect.
Kabyle Language Media
A Kabyle speaker, recorded in Algeria.
Geographic distribution of Kabyle dialects
Entrance arch in Taourga with welcome sign (Ansuf yiswen) in Kabyle.
A trilingual sign in Algeria, written in Arabic, Kabyle (using Tifinagh), and French.
Kabyle language edition of Wikipedia.
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