Tamazight, or Standard Algerian Berber,[1] is the standardized national variety of Berber (specifically Kabyle) spoken in Algeria. It is under active development since the officialization of Berber in Algeria in 2016.[2]
| Tamazight | |
|---|---|
| Tamaziɣt | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | Algeria |
| Ethnicity | Algerian Berbers |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Latin Alphabet | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Algeria |
| Regulated by | Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
The standardization is largely based on the works of Mouloud Mammeri (the Dictionnaire and the Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle), ISBN 9782906659001).[3]
As of 2017, 350,000 pupils were studying Tamazight in 38 wilayas out of 48,[4] representing 4% of all students.[5] Ninety percent of them study Tamazight in Latin characters.[6][7] In 2018, the government announced that optional classes of Tamazight will be offered in all public primary and secondary schools in the future.[8][9]
References
editWikivoyage has a phrasebook for Berber.
- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ Temlali, Yassine (15 January 2018). "Algeria's Berber new year aims to show state's approval for 'invented tradition'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on Jan 28, 2019.
- ^ Dridi, Daikha (24 December 2017). "Le tamazight enseigné en Algérie est une "langue-monstre" que personne ne comprend". Al HuffPost Maghreb. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018.
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- ^ "Enseignement du Tamazight: ces chiffres qui disent les contraintes". Algerie360 (in French). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Horizons - La transcription de tamazight au centre d'un colloque du HCA ; entre le tifinagh, l'arabe et le latin…". HCA CMS (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Zmirli, Amayas (2018-01-13). "Algérie - Tamazight : un si long chemin". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ Dendoune, Nadir (2018-10-22). "Un mouvement de boycott de l'enseignement de l'arabe paralyse plusieurs collèges et lycées". lecourrierdelatlas (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ^ "Education nationale: généralisation de l'enseignement de tamazight en 2021 (document)". Algérie infos (in French). 2020-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
