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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Generate an image of the Berber languages (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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Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (409)

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

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 ⓘ