Kabyle
E30636
Kabyle is a major Northern Berber language spoken primarily in the Kabylie region of Algeria by the Kabyle people.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kabyle people | 1 |
| Kabyles | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Berber language ⓘ Northern Berber language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chenoua
ⓘ
Chenoua ⓘ
surface form:
Mzab-Wargla
Shawiya ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| family | Berber languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | kaby1243 ⓘ |
| hasAcademyOrBody | Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité (for Amazigh languages) ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
central Kabyle varieties
ⓘ
eastern Kabyle varieties ⓘ western Kabyle varieties ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clitic pronouns
ⓘ
gender system ⓘ masculine and feminine genders ⓘ preverbal particles ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ state alternation of nouns ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts | orthographic norms in Latin script ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | kab ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | kab ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Zenati (often classified) ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| macrolanguageGrouping | Tamazight ⓘ |
| morphology |
agglutinative features
ⓘ
nonconcatenative morphology ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Kabylie ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers |
Kabyle
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kabyle people
|
| recognizedStatus | part of Tamazight, a national and official language of Algeria ⓘ |
| region |
Bouira Province
ⓘ
Boumerdès Province ⓘ Béjaïa Province ⓘ Djurdjura Mountains ⓘ Jijel Province ⓘ Tell Atlas ⓘ Tizi Ouzou Province ⓘ |
| spokenInDiaspora |
Belgium
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| subfamily | Northern Berber ⓘ |
| typology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kabyle literature
ⓘ
Kabyle media ⓘ Kabyle music ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ Tifinagh ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kabyles
this entity surface form:
Kabyle people