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Berber-speaking areas in Algeria. The Berber languages are considered the native language of Algeria since antiquity. They are spoken in five major dialects in many parts of the territory, but mainly in Kabylia, in the Awras, and in the Algerian Sahara desert (by Algerian Tuaregs).
Algeria, [e] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, [f] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Algerian Arabic is the native dialect of 75% to 80% of Algerians and is mastered by 85% to 100% of them. [7] It is a spoken language used in daily communication and entertainment, while Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is generally reserved for official use and education.
^ The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes the Arabic language as the language of Islam, giving it a formal status as the language of religion, and regulates its spreading within the Iranian national curriculum. The constitution declares in Chapter II: (The Official Language, Script, Calendar, and Flag of the Country) in ...
3SG: M -give: PAST =as = 3SG: IO =θ = 3SG: M: DO =ið = VEN y-əwš =as =θ =ið 3SG:M-give:PAST =3SG:IO =3SG:M:DO =VEN "He gave it to him (in this direction)." (Tarifit) The allowed positioning of different kinds of clitics varies by language. Nouns Nouns are distinguished by gender, number, and case in most Berber languages, with gender being feminine or masculine, number being singular or ...
Map of the linguistic situation of Kabyle in eastern Algeria. [11] [12]Kabyle Berber is native to Kabylia.It is present in seven Algerian districts. Approximately one-third of Algerians are Berber-speakers, clustered mostly near Algiers, in Kabylian and Shawi, but with some communities related to Kabyle in the west (Shenwa languages), east and south of the country. [1]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Map of linguistic areas in North-Eastern Algeria (in French) The Chaoui traditionally speak the Shawiya language ( Berber: Tachawit). It belongs to the Berber branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, and is a variety of the Zenati languages .