Northern Berber

E159521

Afroasiatic language Berber language variety language branch

Northern Berber is a major branch of the Berber (Amazigh) languages spoken across North Africa, encompassing varieties such as Kabyle and forming part of the Afroasiatic language family.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Berber canonical	14
Northern Berber languages	12
Northern Amazigh	1
Northern Berber language	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language ⓘ Berber language variety ⓘ language branch ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Eastern Berber ⓘ Berber languages ⓘ surface form: Tuareg languages
hasAlternativeName	Northern Berber ⓘ surface form: Northern Amazigh Zenati–Kabyle–Atlas Berber ⓘ
hasISOClassification	ISO 639-5: ber (macro-language, Berber) ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	gender distinction (masculine and feminine) ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ state alternation (free vs construct state) ⓘ verb–subject–object basic word order (often) ⓘ
hasMajorVariety	Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ Chenoua ⓘ Kabyle ⓘ Middle Atlas ⓘ surface form: Middle Atlas Berber Riffian ⓘ Shawiya ⓘ Shilha ⓘ Tarifit ⓘ Tashelhit ⓘ Tuareg (sometimes excluded or marginal) ⓘ Zenati ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Arabic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Arabic script Latin alphabet ⓘ Tifinagh ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
languageBranchOf	Berber languages ⓘ surface form: Berber
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic
partOf	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic language family Berber languages ⓘ surface form: Amazigh languages
region	Atlas Mountains ⓘ Kabylie ⓘ North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb Rif Mountains ⓘ
spokenIn	Algeria ⓘ Canary Islands ⓘ surface form: Canary Islands (historically) Libya ⓘ Morocco ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Timbuktu Region ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali Northern Niger ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ
status	cluster of mutually related varieties rather than a single standardized language ⓘ
subclassOf	Berber languages ⓘ
usedBy	Amazigh ⓘ surface form: Amazigh people Berber ethnic groups ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Kabyle → subfamily → Northern Berber ⓘ

Shilha → languageBranch → Northern Berber ⓘ

Zenati languages → languageBranchOf → Northern Berber ⓘ

Siwi → subclassOf → Northern Berber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Berber language

Shenwa → subfamilyOf → Northern Berber ⓘ

Shenwa → languageFamily → Northern Berber ⓘ

Riffians → dialectOf → Northern Berber ⓘ

Central Atlas Tamazight → languageGroup → Northern Berber ⓘ

Rifian → subfamilyOf → Northern Berber ⓘ