Part of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum, Berber languages (aka Tamazight) cover the entirety of North Africa and have been a fundamental part of the region’s cultural fabric for millennia.
Berber languages (Tamazight)
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Classification
Afro-Asiatic > Berber
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Speakers
22 million
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Script
Tifinagh, Roman or Arabic
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Text direction
Depends on script
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Official language
Algeria, Morocco
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Other names
Amazigh, Tamashek, Tamasheq, Tamazight
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Also spoken
Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Berber languages (Tamazight)
Berber languages offer rich linguistic diversity with a unique writing system, tifinagh (Libyco-Berber script) which reflects the ancient traditions of the indigenous communities that speak them.
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Services offered for this language
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Interesting fact
The name Berber, given to the indigenous languages of North Africa, comes from the Latin word for "barbarian".
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