Nafusi Berber

E414089

Nafusi Berber is a Berber (Amazigh) language variety traditionally spoken by the indigenous Amazigh communities of the Nafusa Mountains region in western Libya.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nafusi Amazigh 1
Nafusi Berber canonical 1
Nafusi Tamazight 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh language
Berber language
language variety
alternativeName Jabal Nafusa Berber
Nafusi
Nafusi Amazigh
linked to: Nafusi Berber

Nafusi Tamazight
linked to: Nafusi Berber
associatedWith Amazigh cultural revival in Libya
closelyRelatedTo Chenoua Berber
Kabyle
Zuwara Berber
country Libya
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Amazigh
Berber people
linked to: Berbers
geographicFeature Jabal Nafusa
linked to: Nafusa Mountains
hasDialect Jadu dialect
Nalut dialect
Qalaa dialect
Yefren dialect
hasGrammarFeature gender distinction masculine-feminine
subject–verb–object word order (SVO)
verb–subject–object word order (VSO)
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Arabic
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
hasMorphology affixal verb conjugation
noun state alternation (free vs construct state)
hasPhonology emphatic consonants
tri-consonantal roots
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code "jbn"
languageFamily Afroasiatic
Berber
Northern Berber
partOf Afroasiatic languages
Amazigh languages of Libya
linked to: Berber languages

Northern Berber languages
linked to: Northern Berber
region Tripolitania
spokenIn Libya
Nafusa Mountains
western Libya
statusInLibya minority language
subclassOf Zenati Berber language
linked to: Zenati Berber
usedFor cultural expression
local media
oral communication
usedIn Amazigh activism in Libya
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jebel Nafusa languageSpoken Nafusi Berber
subject linked to: Jebel Nafusa in Libya
Nafusi Berber alternativeName Nafusi Amazigh
linked to: Nafusi Berber
Nafusi Berber alternativeName Nafusi Tamazight
linked to: Nafusi Berber