Berber languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Berber (Amazigh) | |
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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 ? |
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. |
The Berber languages or Tamazight are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Kabyle and Tachelhit are Berber languages.
Other websites
[change | change source]- 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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