Berber languages

Berber (Amazigh)
Tamaziɣt ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Ethnicity:	Berber people (Imazighen)
Geographic distribution:	North Africa, mainly Algeria and Morocco; smaller Berber-speaking populations in Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Mauritania. Sizable communities of speakers in: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canada, and the United States.
Linguistic classification:	Afro-Asiatic Berber (Amazigh)
Proto-language:	Proto-Berber
Subdivisions:	? Guanche ? East Numidian Western Eastern ? Northern Tuareg
ISO 639-2 and 639-5:	ber
Berber-speaking populations are dominant in the colored areas of modern-day North Africa. The other areas of North Africa contain minority Berber-speaking populations.   Tarifit (Riffian)   Tamazight         (Central Atlas)   Tashelhit (Shilha)   Tuddungiyya (Zenaga)    Tuareg   Tashenwit (Shenwa)   Taqbaylit (Kabyle)   Tacawit (Shawiya)   Tanfusit (Nafusi)   Other (Wargla,         Mzab, Siwa, etc)

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The Berber languages or Tamazight are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Kabyle and Tachelhit are Berber languages.

• Berber Research Center (INALCO, Paris) (in French)
• Interview with Rachid Aadnani on the Amazigh issue Archived 2007-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Imyura, Berber website about literature, mostly Kabyle Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine

• Moroccan Press Agency, the Berber version
• Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture

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