Berber languages

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Afroasiatic languages language family

The Berber languages are a group of closely related Afroasiatic languages traditionally spoken by the Indigenous Amazigh peoples of North Africa, particularly in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.

Aliases (12)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic languages → language family →
alternativeName	Amazigh languages → Tamazight languages →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Amazigh →
hasLanguage	Central Atlas Tamazight → Kabyle → Mozabite → Shenwa → Shilha → Siwi → Tarifit → Tuareg → Zenaga →
historicalPresence	pre-Arab North Africa →
ISO639-2Code	ber →
languageBranchOf	Berber branch of Afroasiatic →
macroLanguage	Tamazight (generic) →
officialStatus	co-official language of Morocco → national language of Algeria →
partOf	Afroasiatic language family →
recognizedLanguageStatusIn	Algeria → Morocco →
region	Maghreb → North Africa →
spokenBy	Amazigh people → Berber people →
spokenIn	Algeria → Canary Islands → Egypt → Libya → Mali → Morocco → Niger → Tunisia →
subgroup	Eastern Berber languages → Northern Berber languages → Tuareg languages → Western Berber languages → Zenati languages →
usedFor	literature → media → music → oral tradition →
writingSystem	Arabic script → Latin alphabet → Tifinagh →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Men of the Sahara → Chaoui → Guanche language → Kel Ajjer ("Tuareg languages") → Kel Ajjer → Riffians → Shenwa ("Berber") → Tuareg →	languageFamily
Almohad dynasty → Almoravid dynasty → Djerba → Fez ("Tamazight") → French Moroccan Goumiers → Numidia →	language
Algeria ("Tamazight") → Algiers ("Berber") → Morocco ("Berber") →	officialLanguage
Shenwa ("Berber") → Tarifit ("Northern Berber") → Tashelhit →	subfamilyOf
Berber languages ("Northern Berber languages") → Berber languages ("Tuareg languages") → Berber languages ("Eastern Berber languages") →	subgroup
Islamic world → Middle East and North Africa →	hasLanguage
Amsterdam → Melilla ("Tamazight") →	hasMinorityLanguage
Afroasiatic languages → Afroasiatic languages ("Tuareg languages") →	includesLanguage
Haketia → Maghrebi Arabic →	influencedBy
Siwi ("Berber") → Tamazight (generic) ("Berber") →	languageBranch
Tashelhit ("Amazigh language family") → Zenati languages ("Berber language family") →	partOf
Berbers → Berbers ("Tamazight") →	speaks
Tamazight (generic) → Zenati languages →	subclassOf
Berber languages ("Tamazight languages") →	alternativeName
Maghrebi Arabic →	coexistsWith
Tamazight (generic) ("Tuareg languages") →	coversVariety
Kabyle →	family
Imajaghan →	hasLanguageFamily
Oran Arabic →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Tarifit ("Proto-Berber") →	hasLinguisticAncestor
Hausa ("Tuareg languages") →	hasLoanwordsFrom
North Africa →	hasMajorLanguage
Africa ("Afroasiatic languages") →	hasMajorLanguageFamily
Afroasiatic languages →	hasSubfamily
Tamazight (generic) ("Amazigh languages") →	isEndonymFor
Erg Chebbi →	languageRegion
Atlas Mountains →	languageSpoken
Middle Atlas ("Tamazight") →	languagesSpoken
Shilha →	languageSubfamily
Marrakesh →	languageUsed
Songhay languages ("Tuareg languages") →	neighboringLanguages
Tarifit →	partOfLanguageFamily
Libya ("Tamazight") →	recognizedLanguage
Egyptian language family →	relatedTo
Tifinagh ("Tuareg languages") →	usedFor
Maghribi script →	usedForLanguage