Kabyle language

Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle: Ṯāqbāylīṯcode: kab is deprecated , taqbaylit, pronounced /ˌθaq.βajˈliθ/) spoken by the Kabyle people. There are 3,123,000 speakers worldwide, the majority in Algeria, where there are more than 2,000,000 speakers.

Kabyle
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	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Kabyle
Writing system	Berber Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kab
ISO 639-3	kab
Kabyle-speaking areas

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

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  Geographic distribution of Kabyle dialects

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  Entrance arch in Taourga with welcome sign (Ansuf yiswen) in Kabyle

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  A trilingual sign in Algeria, written in Arabic, Kabyle (using Tifinagh), and French

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  Kabyle language edition of Wikipedia