Eastern Berber
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Eastern Berber is a branch of the Berber (Amazigh) languages spoken in parts of North Africa, particularly in eastern Algeria and western Libya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Berber canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language branch
ⓘ
Berber language branch ⓘ |
| borderingLanguageArea |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Berber ⓘ Zenati Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
East Berber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Zenati (for some varieties) ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Amazigh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom | Classical Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | no single ISO 639-3 code for the whole branch ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
VSO word order tendency
ⓘ
derived verb stems ⓘ emphatic consonants ⓘ gender distinction in nouns ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ use of clitic pronouns ⓘ verb–subject agreement ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian (in Libyan varieties) ⓘ Turkish (via Arabic and Ottoman influence) ⓘ |
| hasReligionContext | Islamic cultural area ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Awjila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ghadamès NERFINISHED ⓘ Nafusi NERFINISHED ⓘ Siwi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sokna NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenati-type varieties in eastern Algeria ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf | Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Maghreb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Algeria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ western Libya ⓘ |
| status |
minority language branch in Algeria
ⓘ
minority language branch in Libya ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Amazigh languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
indigenous communities of eastern Algeria
ⓘ
indigenous communities of western Libya ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Tifinagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.