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.

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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.

Riffians languageFamily Berber languages
Chaoui languageFamily Berber languages
Maghribi script usedForLanguage Berber languages
Tashelhit subfamilyOf Berber languages
Tashelhit partOf Berber languages
this entity surface form: Amazigh language family
Almohad dynasty language Berber languages
Middle East and North Africa hasLanguage Berber languages
Erg Chebbi languageRegion Berber languages
Haketia influencedBy Berber languages
Almoravid dynasty language Berber languages
Egyptian language family relatedTo Berber languages
Djerba in Tunisia language Berber languages
subject surface form: Djerba
Jbel Bani hasLanguage Berber languages
Ameln Valley languageSpoken Berber languages
Azrou languageUsed Berber languages
Thugga languageUsedHistorically Berber languages
this entity surface form: Libyco-Berber
Refuge du Toubkal hasLanguageUsed Berber languages
this entity surface form: Berber
Jemaa el-Fnaa languageUsed Berber languages
Roman North Africa language Berber languages
Rif region hasLanguageFamily Berber languages
Central Atlas Tamazight partOf Berber languages
Rif Berber languageFamily Berber languages
Zenati Berber subclassOf Berber languages
Zenati Berber hasBranch Berber languages
this entity surface form: Berber
Zenati Berber isRelatedTo Berber languages
this entity surface form: Atlas Berber languages
Zenati Berber isRelatedTo Berber languages
this entity surface form: Tuareg languages
Tarifit language languageBranch Berber languages
Standard Moroccan Amazigh subclassOf Berber languages
Standard Moroccan Amazigh subclassOf Berber languages
this entity surface form: Amazigh languages
Standard Moroccan Amazigh languageBranch Berber languages
Tfng usedForWriting Berber languages
Tfng usedForWriting Berber languages
this entity surface form: Amazigh languages
Tfng associatedWithLanguageBranch Berber languages
Chenoua languageBranch Berber languages
Tétouan language Berber languages
Korandje language hasInfluenceFrom Berber languages
Korandje language hasContactWith Berber languages
Korandje language lexicalBorrowingFrom Berber languages
Northern Berber subclassOf Berber languages
Northern Berber partOf Berber languages
this entity surface form: Amazigh languages
Northern Berber languageBranchOf Berber languages
this entity surface form: Berber
Northern Berber closelyRelatedTo Berber languages
this entity surface form: Tuareg languages
Tadaksahak language influencedBy Berber languages
Tadaksahak language influencedBy Berber languages
this entity surface form: Tuareg languages
Tadaksahak language lexifierInfluence Berber languages
this entity surface form: Berber
Kabylie hasLanguageFamily Berber languages
Kabylie hasLanguageFamily Berber languages
this entity surface form: Amazigh languages
Shilha people languageFamily Berber languages