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The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages [a] or Tamazight, [b] are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages [ 3 ] spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa .
Pages in category "Berber languages" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In turn, Berber languages have influenced local dialects of Arabic. Although Maghrebi Arabic has a predominantly Semitic and Arabic vocabulary, [206] it contains a few Berber loanwords which represent 2–3% of the vocabulary of Libyan Arabic, 8–9% of Algerian Arabic and Tunisian Arabic, and 10–15% of Moroccan Arabic. [207] Berber languages ...
Northern Berber languages spoken by over a million people include Shilha, Central Morocco Tamazight, Riff, Shawiya and Kabyle. They fall into three groups: Moroccan Atlas languages (incl. Shilha, Central Morocco Tamazight) Zenati languages (incl. Riff, Shawiya) Kabyle; The eastern boundaries of the North Berber varieties are uncertain.
The main subfamilies of Afroasiatic are Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, ... Below is a list of language isolates and otherwise unclassified languages in Africa, ...
In 1844, Theodor Benfey first described the relationship between Semitic and the Egyptian language and connected both to the Berber and the Cushitic languages (which he called "Ethiopic"). [79] In the same year T.N. Newman suggested a relationship between Semitic and the Hausa language, an idea that was taken up by early scholars of Afroasiatic ...
The Eastern Berber languages are a group of Berber languages spoken in Libya and Egypt. They include Awjila, Sokna and Fezzan (El-Fogaha), Siwi and Ghadamès, [1] though it is not clear that they form a valid genealogical group. Eastern Berber is generally considered as part of the Zenatic Berber supergroup of Northern Berber.
The Tuareg languages may be written using the ancient Tifinagh (Libyco-Berber) script, the Latin script or the Arabic script. The Malian national literacy program DNAFLA has established a standard for the Latin alphabet, which is used with modifications in Prasse's Lexique and the government literacy program in Burkina, while in Niger a ...