Central Atlas Tamazight
Berber language of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Central Atlas Tamazight, also known as Central Morocco Tamazight [3] is a Berber language. It is of the Afro-Asiatic language family. it is spoken by 3 to 5 million people in Central Morocco, and by smaller communities in France and elsewhere. It is an official language of Morocco.
Central Atlas Tamazight | |
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Tamaziġt | |
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ | |
Native to | Morocco |
Region | Central Morocco – Middle Atlas |
Native speakers | (3 million cited 1998)[1] 2.6 million (In Morocco only - 2004 census)[2] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Tifinagh, Latin, Arabic | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | IRCAM |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tzm |
Location of Central Atlas Tamazight speakers Central Atlas Tamazight speakers are mostly distributed in a large, contiguous area in central Morocco. | |
Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the four most-spoken Berber languages. The other ones are Kabyle, Shilha, and Riff.
References
change- ↑ "Tamazight, Central Atlas". SIL International. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Hcp.ma. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ↑ also known as Central Morocco Tamazight, Middle Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight, Central Shilha, and, rarely, Braber