Berber languages
E4254
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.
All labels observed (21)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Amazigh languages
ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
surface form:
Tamazight languages
|
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Berbers
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazigh
|
| hasLanguage |
Tamazight (generic)
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Atlas Tamazight
Kabyle ⓘ Berbers ⓘ
surface form:
Mozabite
Shenwa ⓘ Shilha ⓘ Siwi ⓘ Tarifit ⓘ Tuareg ⓘ Siwi ⓘ
surface form:
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 languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afroasiatic language family
|
| recognizedLanguageStatusIn |
Algeria
ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ |
| region |
North Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Maghreb
North Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Berbers
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazigh people
Berbers ⓘ
surface form:
Berber people
|
| spokenIn |
Algeria
ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Libya ⓘ Mali ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Niger ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Berber languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Berber languages
Berber languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Berber languages
Berber languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tuareg languages
Western Berber languages ⓘ Zenati languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
literature
ⓘ
media ⓘ music ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ Tifinagh ⓘ |
Referenced by (185)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Djerba
this entity surface form:
Libyco-Berber
this entity surface form:
Berber
this entity surface form:
Berber
this entity surface form:
Atlas Berber languages
this entity surface form:
Tuareg languages
this entity surface form:
Amazigh languages
this entity surface form:
Amazigh languages
this entity surface form:
Amazigh languages
this entity surface form:
Berber
this entity surface form:
Tuareg languages
this entity surface form:
Tuareg languages
this entity surface form:
Berber
this entity surface form:
Amazigh languages