Berber languages

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The Berber languages are a group of closely related Afroasiatic languages traditionally spoken by the Indigenous Amazigh peoples of North Africa, particularly in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic languages
language family
alternativeName Amazigh languages
Tamazight languages
linked to: Berber languages
ethnolinguisticGroup Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
hasLanguage Central Atlas Tamazight
linked to: Tamazight (generic)

Kabyle
Mozabite
linked to: Berbers

Shenwa
Shilha
Siwi
Tarifit
Tuareg
Zenaga
linked to: Siwi
historicalPresence pre-Arab North Africa
ISO639-2Code ber
languageBranchOf Berber branch of Afroasiatic
macroLanguage Tamazight (generic)
officialStatus co-official language of Morocco
national language of Algeria
partOf Afroasiatic language family
recognizedLanguageStatusIn Algeria
Morocco
region Maghreb
linked to: North Africa

North Africa
spokenBy Amazigh people
linked to: Berbers

Berber people
linked to: Berbers
spokenIn Algeria
Canary Islands
Egypt
Libya
Mali
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
subgroup Eastern Berber languages
linked to: Berber languages

Northern Berber languages
linked to: Berber languages

Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages

Western Berber languages
Zenati languages
usedFor literature
media
music
oral tradition
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
Tifinagh

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Amsterdam hasMinorityLanguage Berber languages
Africa hasMajorLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages
linked to: Berber languages
Libya recognizedLanguage Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
North Africa hasMajorLanguage Berber languages
Atlas Mountains languageSpoken Berber languages
Berber languages alternativeName Tamazight languages
linked to: Berber languages
Berber languages subgroup Northern Berber languages
linked to: Berber languages
Berber languages subgroup Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Berber languages subgroup Eastern Berber languages
linked to: Berber languages
Algeria officialLanguage Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
Tuareg languageFamily Berber languages
Maghrebi Arabic influencedBy Berber languages
Maghrebi Arabic coexistsWith Berber languages
Hausa hasLoanwordsFrom Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Berbers speaks Berber languages
Berbers speaks Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
Morocco officialLanguage Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Algiers officialLanguage Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Islamic world hasLanguage Berber languages
Afroasiatic languages hasSubfamily Berber languages
Afroasiatic languages includesLanguage Berber languages
Afroasiatic languages includesLanguage Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Fez language Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
Middle Atlas languagesSpoken Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
Marrakesh languageUsed Berber languages
Melilla hasMinorityLanguage Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages
Tarifit subfamilyOf Northern Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Tarifit partOfLanguageFamily Berber languages
Tarifit hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Tifinagh usedFor Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Tamazight (generic) subclassOf Berber languages
Tamazight (generic) languageBranch Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Tamazight (generic) coversVariety Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Tamazight (generic) isEndonymFor Amazigh languages
linked to: Berber languages
Songhay languages neighboringLanguages Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Kabyle family Berber languages
Shilha languageSubfamily Berber languages
Guanche language languageFamily Berber languages
subject linked to: Guanche people
Zenati languages subclassOf Berber languages
Zenati languages partOf Berber language family
linked to: Berber languages
Siwi languageBranch Berber
linked to: Berber languages
French Moroccan Goumiers language Berber languages
Shenwa subfamilyOf Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Shenwa languageFamily Berber
linked to: Berber languages
Blue Men of the Sahara languageFamily Berber languages
Kel Ajjer languageFamily Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
Kel Ajjer languageFamily Berber languages
Imajaghan hasLanguageFamily Berber languages
Oran Arabic hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Berber languages
Numidia language Berber languages