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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]
Stéphane Gsell proposed the translation "noble/free" for the term Amazigh based on Leo Africanus's translation of "awal amazigh" as "noble language" referring to Berber languages; this definition remains disputed and is largely seen as an undue extrapolation. [61] [62] [63] The term Amazigh also has a cognate in the Tuareg "Amajegh", meaning ...
Since the Berber Spring of 1980, they have been at the forefront of the fight for the official recognition of Berber languages in Algeria. Etymology The word 'Kabyle' (Kabyle: Iqbayliyen) is an exonym , and a distortion of the Arabic word qaba'il (قبائل), which means 'tribes', or 'to accept', which after the Muslim conquest was used for ...
Shawiya, or Shawiya Berber, also spelt Chaouïa (native form: Tacawit [θæʃæwiθ]), is a Zenati Berber language spoken in Algeria by the Shawiya people.The language's primary speech area is the Awras Mountains in Eastern Algeria and the surrounding areas, including parts of Western Tunisia, including Batna, Khenchela, Sétif, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa and the northern part of Biskra.
The name Chaoui is taken from the Berber word ‘Ich’, meaning ‘horn’ and is a reference to the Numidian god Amon, who is portrayed at having a human head with the horns of a ram. [3] According to de Slane, translator of the books of Ibn Khaldun, the term Chaoui/Shawi means "shepherd" and designates the Zenata Berbers. [4]
The use of Berber languages in the Algerian parliament. The officialization of Tamazight in Algeria. The creation of a degree in Berber languages. The creation of the Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language. In 2023, the Haut commissariat à l'amazighité recommended the generalization of mandatory Amazigh education to all Algerian schools. [4] [5]
Beni Snous berber or Ait Snous berber is a Berber variety close to Zenati languages spoken near Tlemcen in Algeria. [1] [2] [3]In the early 20th century, [4] Beni Snous Berber was spoken in the villages of Kef, Tghalimet, Bou Hallou, Ait Larbi, Ait Achir, Adziddaz, and Mazzer; all speakers were bilingual in the Arabic language.