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Berber languages

The Berber languages (also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa. Historically, they have been written with the ancient Libyco-Berber script, which now exists in the form of Tifinagh.…

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Ethnicity
Berbers
Geographic distribution
North Africa and Berber diaspora
Glottolog
berb1260
ISO 639-2 / 5
ber
Linguistic classification
Berber
Proto-language
Proto-Berber

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Terminology

Origin

Orthography

Subclassification

Population

Morocco

Algeria

Status

Phonology

Grammar

Lexicon

Influence on other languages

Extinct languages

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Berber languages

Nodes180
Edges179
Triples290
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011111
Components1

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Berber languages

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related to Algeria · 30
Berber languages → After, Algeria, Algerian, April, Arabisation, Berber, Black Spring, Circular, France, French, Gurara, In, July, Kabyle, Kabylia, Mozabite, Other Berber, Ouargli, Sahara, Secondary
related to Terminology · 27
Berber languages → Algerian, Amazigh, Arabic, Berber, Central Atlas Tamazight, Central Tashlhiyt, Chaouis, English, For, However, In Morocco, Ishawiyen, It, Kabyles, Leqbayel, Linguasphere Observatory, Mazices, Moroccan, One, Standard Algerian Berber
related to Origin · 24
Berber languages → According, Afroasiatic, Berber, C-Group, Egypt, Egyptian, Germanic, In, Indo-European, Kehek, Kerma, Marianne Bechaus-Gerst, Mesolithic Capsian, New Kingdom, Nile, Nubian, Peter Behrens, Proto-Berber, Romance, Since
related to Orthography · 22
Berber languages → Arabic, BC, Berber, Berber Latin, Early, Egyptians, Following, Hieratic, Historically, Islam, Kehek, Latin, Libyco-Berber, Neo-Tifinagh, The, The Berber Latin, There, Tifinagh, Tuareg, Tuareg Tifinagh
related to Lexicon · 18
Berber languages → Above, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic, Aramaic, Around, Berber, Egypt, Hebrew, However, In, North Africa, Phoenician-Punic, Roman, Semitic, Some, Tahaggart, The, The Berber
related to Extinct languages · 17
Berber languages → According, Additionally, Afro-Asiatic, Berber, C-Group, Canary Islands, Egypt, Guanche, Guanches, Kerma, Marianne Bechaus-Gerst, Nile, Nubian, Peter Behrens, Sudan, The Nilo-Saharan Nobiin, This
related to Influence on other languages · 17
Berber languages → Algerian Arabic, Although Maghrebi Arabic, Arabic, Berber, Eg, Hausa, In, Libyan Arabic, Maghreb, Migeod, Moroccan Arabic, Proto-Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, The Berber, Their, Tunisian Arabic, West Africa
related to Morocco · 13
Berber languages → As, At, Berber, Central Atlas Tamazight, Ethnologue, In, It, Moroccan, Moroccans, Morocco, Tarifit, Tashelhit, The
related to Status · 11
Berber languages → After, Algeria, Arabisation, Berber, Berbers, French, Kabylie, Maghreb, Morocco, This, Under
related to Consonants · 10
Berber languages → Ahaggar Tuareg, Arabic, Berber, Kabyle, Most Berber, Northern Berber, Sahara, The, Tuareg, Two

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berber languages language tuareg arabic tamazight speakers number northern also use algeria kabyle morocco western nouns tarifit gender moroccan latin

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Berber languagesEthnicityBerbers1.00infobox
Berber languagesGeographic distributionNorth Africa and Berber diaspora1.00infobox
Berber languagesGlottologberb12601.00infobox
Berber languagesISO 639-2 / 5ber1.00infobox
Berber languagesLinguistic classificationBerber1.00infobox
Berber languagesProto-languageProto-Berber1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisionsNorthern1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisionsWestern1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisionsTuareg1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisionsEastern1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisions? Numidian †1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisions? Guanche †1.00infobox
Berber languagesSubdivisions? Kehek †1.00infobox

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