Tamazight

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Tamazight is a branch of the Berber (Amazigh) languages of North Africa, encompassing several closely related varieties spoken across countries such as Morocco and Algeria.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Amazigh language branch
Berber language branch
closelyRelatedTo Kabyle
Tarifit
Tashelhit
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Amazigh people
linked to: Amazigh

Berber people
linked to: Berbers
hasISO639FamilyCode ber
hasPhylum Afroasiatic
hasSubgroup Northern Berber languages
linked to: Northern Berber
hasVariety Central Atlas Tamazight
Chenoua
Kabyle
Mzab-Wargla
Riffian
linked to: Riffian Berber

Shawiya
Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
Tifinagh
isEndangeredStatus variesByVariety
isOfficialLanguageIn Morocco
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Algeria
languageBranch Berber
linked to: Berbers
languageFamily Afroasiatic
nativeName Tamaziɣt
partOf Amazigh languages
linked to: Berber languages

Berber languages
region Atlas Mountains
Aurès Mountains
North Africa
scriptUsedForStandardization Tifinagh
spokenIn Algeria
Canary Islands
Egypt
Libya
Mali
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
diaspora communities in Europe
diaspora communities in North America
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
usedIn local media
music
oral tradition
poetry

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kabyle macrolanguageGrouping Tamazight
People's National Assembly languageOfProceedings Tamazight (Amazigh)
linked to: Tamazight
Meknes languageUsed Tamazight
Agadir languageUsed Tamazight
Northern Morocco hasLanguage Tamazight
subject linked to: northern Morocco
Fes el-Jdid language Tamazight (Berber languages)
linked to: Tamazight
Imlil languageSpoken Tamazight
Jbel Sirwa languageLocalCommunities Tamazight (Berber)
linked to: Tamazight
Tata languageSpoken Tamazight (Berber)
linked to: Tamazight
Ouarzazate region language Tamazight
Ifrane languageUsed Tamazight (Berber)
linked to: Tamazight
Khenifra languageSpoken Tamazight
Khenifra recognizedLanguage Tamazight
Beni Mellal languageUsed Tamazight
Al Haouz Province language Tamazight
Rifian macrolanguage Tamazight (Berber) languages
linked to: Tamazight
Tfng writingSystemFor Tamazight
Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité workLanguage Tamazight
Ghomara language isLesserKnownComparedTo Tamazight language
linked to: Tamazight
Abd el-Krim languageSpoken Tamazight
Abd el-Krim languageSpoken Tamazight
Tamasheq closelyRelatedTo Tamazight
Amazigh hasLanguage Tamazight
Irifiyen ethnonymLanguage Tamazight
Morocco recognizedLanguage Tamazight
subject linked to: Morocco (as part of Amazigh)
Aït Melloul languageUsed Tamazight
Souk El Had languageUsed Tamazight
M’Hamid El Ghizlane primaryLanguage Tamazight (Berber languages)
linked to: Tamazight
Zagora languageUsed Tamazight
Nalut languageSpoken Tamazight
Jadu languageUsed Tamazight