The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family comprising a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communities indigenous to North Africa.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue estimate for Morocco alone, 2022; total speakers across North Africa are higher and not given as a single infobox figure. RegionNorth Africa and Berber diaspora 1 Berber Languages
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In Family
Source Wikipedia: Berber Languages
Written In
Libyco-Berber inscriptions record the ancient Numidian/Libyan language ancestral to the modern Berber languages, the same collective entity its descendant script Tifinagh already connects to.
Source Wikipedia: Tifinagh
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1. Wikipedia: Berber Languages
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The Berber languages (also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
approximately 13.8 million speakers in Morocco (2022)
Lead section, second sentence
They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber communities, who are indigenous to North Africa.
Infobox, Region
North Africa and Berber diaspora
In Family: Afro-Asiatic, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Afro-Asiatic; the Berber languages are themselves a primary branch within Afro-Asiatic.
View the Source Wikipedia: Tifinagh
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