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- Berber_languages abstract "Berber or the Berber languages or dialects (Berber name: Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ [tæmæˈzɪɣt], [θæmæˈzɪɣθ]) are a family of similar and closely related languages and dialects indigenous to North Africa. They are spoken by large populations in Algeria and Morocco, and by smaller populations in Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. Large Berber-speaking migrant communities have been living in Western Europe since the 1950s. In 2001, Berber became a constitutional national language of Algeria, and in 2011 Berber became a constitutionally official language of Morocco.Berber constitutes a branch of the Afroasiatic language family, and has been attested since ancient times. The number of ethnic Berbers is much higher than the number of Berber speakers. The bulk of the populations of the Maghreb countries are considered to have Berber ancestors. In Algeria, for example, a majority of the population consists of Arabized Berbers.There is a movement among speakers of the closely related varieties of Northern Berber to unite them under a standard language. The name Tamazight, originally the self-name in the Atlas and the Rif regions, is being increasingly used for this Standardized Berber, and even for Berber as a whole, including Tuareg-Berber.About 90 percent of the Berber-speaking population speak one of six major varieties of Berber, each with at least two million speakers. They are, in the order of demographic weight: Tashelhit (Tacelḥit), Kabyle (Taqbaylit), Atlas Tamazight (Tamaziɣt), Riffian (Tamaziɣt/Tarifit), Shawi (Tacawit), Tuareg (Tamahaq/Tamaceq).The Berber languages and dialects have had a written tradition, on and off, for over 2,200 years, although the tradition has been frequently disrupted by invasions. They were first written in the Tifinagh alphabet, still used by the Tuareg. The oldest dated inscription is from about 200 BCE. Later, between about 1000 CE and 1500 CE, they were written in the Arabic script, and since the 20th century in the Berber Latin alphabet, especially among the Kabyle and Riffian communities of Morocco and Algeria. The Berber Latin alphabet was also used by most European and Berber linguists during the 19th and 20th centuries. A modernized form of the Tifinagh alphabet was made official in Morocco in 2003. Algerians mostly use the Berber Latin alphabet. Mali and Niger recognize a Tuareg Berber Latin alphabet customized to the Tuareg phonological system. However, traditional Tifinagh is still used in those countries. Both Tifinagh and Berber-Latin alphabets are being increasingly used in Morocco and parts of Algeria, while the Arabic script has been abandoned by Berber writers.".
- Berber_languages thumbnail Berber_Language_Tutlayt_Tamazight.png?width=300.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink index_en.htm.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink the-tamazight-berber-language-profile.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink www.amawal.net.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink berber.html.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink www.imyura.net.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink Boogert-2000-corrected-version_Medieval%20berber%20orthography.pdf.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink tzm.html.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink The-Etymology-of-Berber.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink The-Etymology-of-the-Word-Amazigh.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink www.tachelhit.info.
- Berber_languages wikiPageExternalLink custom.html.
- Berber_languages wikiPageID "4693".
- Berber_languages wikiPageRevisionID "605389946".
- Berber_languages altname "120".
- Berber_languages child Eastern_Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages child Northern_Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages child Tuareg_languages.
- Berber_languages child Western_Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages child "? East Numidian".
- Berber_languages child "? Guanche".
- Berber_languages ethnicity Berber_people.
- Berber_languages familycolor "Afro-asiatic".
- Berber_languages glotto "berb1260".
- Berber_languages hasPhotoCollection Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages iso "ber".
- Berber_languages map "Berber Language Tutlayt Tamazight.png".
- Berber_languages mapcaption "Berber-speaking populations are dominant in the colored areas of modern-day North Africa. The other areas of North Africa contain minority Berber-speaking populations.".
- Berber_languages name "Berber".
- Berber_languages protoname Proto-Berber_language.
- Berber_languages region "North Africa, mainly Morocco and Algeria; smaller Berber-speaking populations in Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Mauritania.".
- Berber_languages region "Sizable communities of speakers in: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canada, and the United States.".
- Berber_languages subject Category:Afro-Asiatic_languages.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Algeria.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Gibraltar.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Mali.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Mauritania.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Morocco.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Niger.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Languages_of_Tunisia.
- Berber_languages subject Category:Maghreb.
- Berber_languages type Abstraction100002137.
- Berber_languages type Afro-AsiaticLanguages.
- Berber_languages type BerberLanguages.
- Berber_languages type Class107997703.
- Berber_languages type Collection107951464.
- Berber_languages type Communication100033020.
- Berber_languages type Group100031264.
- Berber_languages type Language106282651.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfAlgeria.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfMali.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfMauritania.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfMorocco.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfNiger.
- Berber_languages type LanguagesOfTunisia.
- Berber_languages type Language.
- Berber_languages type Language.
- Berber_languages type InformationEntity.
- Berber_languages comment "Berber or the Berber languages or dialects (Berber name: Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ [tæmæˈzɪɣt], [θæmæˈzɪɣθ]) are a family of similar and closely related languages and dialects indigenous to North Africa. They are spoken by large populations in Algeria and Morocco, and by smaller populations in Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt.".
- Berber_languages label "Berber languages".
- Berber_languages label "Berbersprachen".
- Berber_languages label "Berbertalen".
- Berber_languages label "Języki berberyjskie".
- Berber_languages label "Langues berbères".
- Berber_languages label "Lenguas bereberes".
- Berber_languages label "Lingua berbera".
- Berber_languages label "Línguas berberes".
- Berber_languages label "Берберские языки".
- Berber_languages label "لغة أمازيغية".
- Berber_languages label "ベルベル語".
- Berber_languages label "柏柏尔语族".
- Berber_languages sameAs Berberské_jazyky.
- Berber_languages sameAs Berbersprachen.
- Berber_languages sameAs Βερβερικές_γλώσσες.
- Berber_languages sameAs Lenguas_bereberes.
- Berber_languages sameAs Amazigera.
- Berber_languages sameAs Langues_berbères.
- Berber_languages sameAs Bahasa_Berber.
- Berber_languages sameAs Lingua_berbera.
- Berber_languages sameAs ベルベル語.
- Berber_languages sameAs 베르베르어파.
- Berber_languages sameAs Berbertalen.
- Berber_languages sameAs Języki_berberyjskie.
- Berber_languages sameAs Línguas_berberes.
- Berber_languages sameAs m.01hhg.
- Berber_languages sameAs Q25448.
- Berber_languages sameAs Q25448.
- Berber_languages sameAs Berber_languages.
- Berber_languages wasDerivedFrom Berber_languages?oldid=605389946.
- Berber_languages depiction Berber_Language_Tutlayt_Tamazight.png.
- Berber_languages isPrimaryTopicOf Berber_languages.