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Recognition of the Berber languages has been growing in the 21st century, with Morocco and Algeria adding Tamazight as an official language to their constitutions in 2011 and 2016 respectively. [20] [21] [22] Most Berber languages have a high percentage of borrowing and influence from the Arabic language, as well as from other languages. [23]
Berber-speaking areas in Algeria. The Berber languages are considered the native language of Algeria since antiquity. They are spoken in five major dialects in many parts of the territory, but mainly in Kabylia, in the Awras, and in the Algerian Sahara desert (by Algerian Tuaregs).
Prominent Berber ethnic groups include the Kabyles—from Kabylia, a historical autonomous region of northern Algeria—who number about six million and have kept, to a large degree, their original language and society; and the Shilha or Chleuh—in High and Anti-Atlas and Sous Valley of Morocco—who number about eight million.
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.
Map of the linguistic situation of Kabyle in eastern Algeria. [11] [12]Kabyle Berber is native to Kabylia.It is present in seven Algerian districts. Approximately one-third of Algerians are Berber-speakers, clustered mostly near Algiers, in Kabylian and Shawi, but with some communities related to Kabyle in the west (Shenwa languages), east and south of the country. [1]
English: Map of Berber speakers in western Algeria according to Inalco (English) Français : la carte des parlers berbères en Algérie occidentale selon l'Inalco [2] (anglais) Date
Map of Berber-speaking areas in north-western Algeria. The Western Algerian Zenatic dialects are a diffuse set of Zenati Berber dialects spoken in north-western Algeria, west of the capital Algiers. [1] The Western Algerian group of Berber dialects include Chenoua (within which is Gouraya) and Snous. [2]
The Berber minority who make up between 15% [17] and 20% [18] [19] [20] to 24% [21] [22] [23] of the population are divided into many groups with varying languages. The largest Berber group in Algeria is the Kabyle people, who are concentrated in the Kabylia region of the country. The Berbers of Algeria have a long and complex history, dating ...