Tamazight (generic)

E28395
Amazigh language grouping Berber language grouping macrolanguage standardized language term

Tamazight (generic) is a standardized macrolanguage term covering several closely related Berber (Amazigh) languages spoken primarily across North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Amazigh (generic) 1
Central Atlas Tamazight 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh language grouping ⓘ
Berber language grouping ⓘ
macrolanguage ⓘ
standardized language term ⓘ
coversVariety Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
Chenoua ⓘ
Kabyle ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Mozabite

Riffian ⓘ
Shilha ⓘ
Siwi ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg languages
hasAlternativeName Tamazight (generic) ⓘ
surface form: Amazigh (generic)

Tamazight language (generic) ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Amazigh people

Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber people
hasISOCodeType macrolanguage ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction masculine–feminine ⓘ
plural formation by internal vowel change ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants ⓘ
tri-consonantal roots ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object word order (VSO) as common pattern ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet ⓘ
Tifinagh ⓘ
isEndonymFor Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Amazigh languages
isOftenConfusedWith Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
Standard Moroccan Amazigh ⓘ
isStandardizationTargetOf language planning in North Africa ⓘ
languageBranch Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Berber
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
relatedTo Arabic ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Amazigh languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
usedFor cultural expression of Amazigh identity ⓘ
education in some North African regions ⓘ
media broadcasting in North Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Tamazight (generic) → hasAlternativeName → Tamazight (generic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazigh (generic)
Berber languages → hasLanguage → Tamazight (generic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Atlas Tamazight
Berber languages → macroLanguage → Tamazight (generic) ⓘ