Central Atlas Tamazight

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Central Atlas Tamazight is a Berber (Amazigh) language spoken primarily in Morocco’s central Atlas region, forming part of the Northern Berber language group.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Amazigh language
Berber language
natural language
alternateName Central Morocco Tamazight
Middle Atlas Tamazight
Tamazight
Tamaziɣt n Wamac
closelyRelatedTo Kabyle
Riffian Berber
Shilha
country Morocco
ethnicGroup Berber people
linked to: Berbers

Central Atlas Amazigh
Imazighen
linked to: Amazigh
glottocode cent2194
hasDialect Ayt Mguild dialect
Ayt Ndhir dialect
Ayt Oumalou dialect
Ayt Seghrouchen dialect
Ayt Sokhman dialect
Ayt Warayn dialect
Central Atlas Tamazight proper
High Atlas Tamazight
Middle Atlas Tamazight
Zaian dialect
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction masculine-feminine
plural formation with internal changes
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
tri-consonantal roots
hasSyntacticFeature SVO word order
VSO word order
ISO639-2 ber
ISO639-3 tzm
languageBranch Berber
linked to: Berbers
languageFamily Afroasiatic
languageGroup Northern Berber
officialStatus official language of Morocco
partOf Afroasiatic language family
Berber languages
recognizedAs official Amazigh language in Moroccan constitution
region Atlantic coastal plains of Morocco
Central Atlas
High Atlas
Middle Atlas
regulatingBody Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
scriptStandardization Neo-Tifinagh
linked to: Tifinagh
spokenIn Atlantic plains of Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Central Atlas region
High Atlas
Middle Atlas
Morocco
urban centers in Morocco
subclassOf Northern Berber language
Zenati-Middle Atlas Berber continuum
linked to: Zenati Berber
usedFor education in Morocco
literature
media in Morocco
oral tradition
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh

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Tarifit closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Tifinagh usedFor Tamazight language
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamazight (generic) coversVariety Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamazight (generic) isOftenConfusedWith Central Atlas Tamazight
Shilha hasMajorDialect High Atlas dialects
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Shilha closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Riffians dialectOf Central Atlas Tamazight
Tashelhit isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight ethnicGroup Central Atlas Amazigh
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight hasDialect Central Atlas Tamazight proper
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight hasDialect Middle Atlas Tamazight
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight hasDialect High Atlas Tamazight
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight alternateName Middle Atlas Tamazight
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Atlas Tamazight alternateName Central Morocco Tamazight
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Rifian relatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Rif Berber closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Tarifit language closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Standard Moroccan Amazigh basedOn Tamazight (Central Atlas Berber)
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Tfng writingSystemFor Central Atlas Tamazight
Northern Berber hasMajorVariety Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamazight hasVariety Central Atlas Tamazight
Riffian Berber closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Senhadja de Srair language relatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Irifiyen relatedGroup Central Atlas Amazigh
linked to: Central Atlas Tamazight
Taslḥit closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight
Tachelhit closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight