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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Berber on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Berber in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
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 ...
Berber-Latin IRCAM's Tifinagh equivalent Arabic equivalent IPA equivalent Similar sound in other languages 1: A a ⴰ أ / ا / َ æ: By default like English a in "map". When there is an emphatic Berber consonant then the Berber "a" is pronounced like the English a in "car". 2: B b ⴱ ب: b or β: English b or a soft Spanish b / v: 3: C c ...
The word tifinagh (singular tafinəq < *ta-finəɣ-t) is thought by some scholars to be a Berberized feminine plural cognate or adaptation of the Latin word Punicus 'Punic, Phoenician' through the Berber feminine prefix ti-and the root √FNƔ < *√PNQ < Latin Punicus; thus tifinagh could possibly mean 'the Phoenician (letters)' [1] [12] [13] or 'the Punic letters'.
Young man speaking Tachelhit, recorded in Cuba.. Shilha (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ l h ə / SHIL-hə; from its name in Moroccan Arabic, Šəlḥa), now more commonly known as Tashelhiyt, Tachelhit (/ ˈ t æ ʃ ə l h ɪ t / TASH-əl-hit; from the endonym Taclḥiyt, IPA: [tæʃlħijt]), [a] is a Berber language spoken in southwestern Morocco.
Among these Berber languages are Riffian, Zuwara, Kabyle, Shilha, Siwi, Zenaga, Sanhaja, Tazayit (Central Atlas Tamazight), Tumẓabt (Mozabite), Nafusi, and Tamasheq, as well as the ancient Guanche language. Most Berber languages have a high percentage of borrowing and influence from the Arabic language, as well as from other languages. [201]
Riffians speak Tarifit, which belongs to the Zenati group of Berber languages. [3] The languages spoken depend on the region, with many Riffians who speak a Berber language also speaking Moroccan Arabic or Spanish. Nineteen groups or social units of Riffians are known: five in the west along the Mediterranean coast which speak Riffian and ...
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]