Nafusi Berber

E414089

Nafusi Berber is a Berber (Amazigh) language variety traditionally spoken by the indigenous Amazigh communities of the Nafusa Mountains region in western Libya.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nafusi Amazigh 1
Nafusi Berber canonical 1
Nafusi Tamazight 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh language
Berber language
language variety
alternativeName Jabal Nafusa Berber
Nafusi
Nafusi Berber
surface form: Nafusi Amazigh

Nafusi Berber
surface form: Nafusi Tamazight
associatedWith Amazigh cultural revival in Libya
closelyRelatedTo Chenoua Berber
Kabyle
Zuwara Berber
country Libya
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Amazigh
Berbers
surface form: Berber people
geographicFeature Nafusa Mountains
surface form: Jabal Nafusa
hasDialect Jadu dialect
Nalut dialect
Qalaa dialect
Yefren dialect
hasGrammarFeature gender distinction masculine-feminine
subject–verb–object word order (SVO)
verb–subject–object word order (VSO)
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Arabic
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
hasMorphology affixal verb conjugation
noun state alternation (free vs construct state)
hasPhonology emphatic consonants
tri-consonantal roots
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code "jbn"
languageFamily Afroasiatic
Berber
Northern Berber
partOf Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
surface form: Amazigh languages of Libya

Northern Berber
surface form: Northern Berber languages
region Tripolitania
spokenIn Libya
Nafusa Mountains
western Libya
statusInLibya minority language
subclassOf Zenati Berber
surface form: Zenati Berber language
usedFor cultural expression
local media
oral communication
usedIn Amazigh activism in Libya
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Tifinagh

Referenced by (3)

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

Jebel Nafusa in Libya languageSpoken Nafusi Berber
subject surface form: Jebel Nafusa
Nafusi Berber alternativeName Nafusi Berber
this entity surface form: Nafusi Amazigh
Nafusi Berber alternativeName Nafusi Berber
this entity surface form: Nafusi Tamazight