Home›African Language Families›Macro-area›Afroasiatic: Berber and EgyptianGroupAfroasiatic: Berber and EgyptianThis group collects members of the Berber and ancient Egyptian branches of the Afroasiatic family, two branches the report's own worked example does not separately name but which this subcategory's live roster carries in real depth: the Berber (Amazigh, Tamazight) languages and dialects of the Maghreb and Sahara, including the Zenati, Atlas and Riffian clusters, and the extinct Egyptian language across its Old, Middle, Late and Demotic stages. The two are grouped together here rather than left in the general isolates bucket because each is a real, well-attested primary Afroasiatic branch in its own right, distinct from Chadic, Cushitic-Omotic and Semitic. Placement follows each member's own description naming it Berber, Zenati, or Egyptian (including Demotic Egyptian).Browse ByComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Afroasiatic: Berber and EgyptianAfroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian16 entriesAfroasiatic: Berber and EgyptianFilter Results16 entriesSpeaker Count BandAll798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (5)RegionAllAfrica (9)Algeria (4)Egypt (1)Libya (3)Mali (1)Morocco (4)Niger (1)North Africa (2)The Horn of Africa (1)The Maghreb (1)The Middle East (1)Tunisia (2)West Africa (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Classification StatusAllEstablished (8)Number of LanguagesAll2 (2)16 to 1,408 (2)3 to 5 (3)6 to 15 (1)In GroupAllAfroasiatic: Berber and Egyptian (16)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16Afro-AsiaticAfrican Language Families20 linksAtlas languagesAfrican Language FamiliesBerber languagesAfrican Language Families1 linkDemotic Egyptian languageAfrican Language FamiliesEast Zenati languagesAfrican Language FamiliesEastern Berber languagesAfrican Language FamiliesEastern Middle Atlas BerberAfrican Language FamiliesEgyptianAfrican Language FamiliesKehek languageAfrican Language FamiliesNorthern Berber languagesAfrican Language FamiliesNorthern Songhay languagesAfrican Language FamiliesProto-Afroasiatic languageAfrican Language FamiliesSonghayAfrican Language FamiliesWestern Algerian Zenatic dialectsAfrican Language FamiliesWestern Berber languagesAfrican Language FamiliesZenati languagesAfrican Language FamiliesComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.