Proto-Berber

E610200

Proto-Berber is the reconstructed common ancestor language of all modern Berber (Amazigh) languages of North Africa.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Berber canonical 8
Proto-Berber language 4
Old Berber 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proto-language ⓘ
reconstructed language ⓘ
ancestorOf Amazigh languages ⓘ
linked to: Berber languages

Berber languages ⓘ
attestedIn no direct written records ⓘ
hasDescendant Awjila ⓘ
Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
El-Fogaha ⓘ
Ghadames ⓘ
linked to: Ghadamis

Ghomara Berber ⓘ
linked to: Zenati Berber

Kabyle ⓘ
Mzab-Wargla ⓘ
Nafusi ⓘ
Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber

Shenwa ⓘ
Siwi ⓘ
Sokna ⓘ
Souss Berber ⓘ
linked to: Souss Tachelhit

Tarifit ⓘ
Tashelhit ⓘ
Tuareg languages ⓘ
linked to: Berber languages

Zenaga ⓘ
linked to: Zenati
hasFeature Afroasiatic-type root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
consonantal root system ⓘ
derivational verb morphology ⓘ
grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) ⓘ
noun state alternations (free vs construct state) (reconstructed) ⓘ
prefix and suffix conjugation in verbs ⓘ
singular and plural number ⓘ
verb aspect distinctions ⓘ
ISOStatus no ISO 639 code (not directly attested) ⓘ
languageFamily Amazigh ⓘ
Berber ⓘ
linked to: Amazigh
parentLanguageOf Northern Berber ⓘ
Tuareg ⓘ
Zenati languages ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
reconstructedBy comparative method ⓘ
reconstructedFrom extinct Berber varieties ⓘ
modern Berber languages ⓘ
relatedTo Proto-Chadic ⓘ
Proto-Cushitic ⓘ
Proto-Egyptian ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian

Proto-Semitic ⓘ
spokenIn prehistoric North Africa ⓘ
studiedIn Afroasiatic comparative linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic proto-languages ⓘ
timeDepth late 1st millennium BCE or earlier (approximate; debated) ⓘ
writingSystem none (unattested; reconstructed only) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Chenoua → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Ayt Ndhir dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Ayt Ndhir dialect → hasAncestor → Old Berber ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Ayt Sokhman dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Ayt Mguild dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Ayt Mguild dialect → hasAncestor → Old Berber ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Ayt Oumalou dialect → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Ayt Oumalou dialect → hasAncestor → Old Berber ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Insular Tamazight → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Proto-Afroasiatic language → hasDescendant → Proto-Berber language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Azawagh Tamajeq → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Tamachek → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Ahaggar Tamahaq → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Ahaggar Tamahaq → hasAncestor → Proto-Tuareg ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Berber
Tashelhiyt → hasLinguisticAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ
Souss Tachelhit → hasAncestor → Proto-Berber ⓘ