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Berber

Branch of the Afroasiatic language family indigenous to North Africa

Also known as Berber language · Berber languages · ber · Amazigh · Tamazight · Amazigh languages

Speakers: 17M
Subclass of: Afroasiatic
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1.Stated in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
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Indigenous to: Maghreb

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The Berber languages 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. Historically, they have been written with the ancient Libyco-Berber script, which now exists in the form of Tifinagh. Today, they may also be written in the Berber Latin alphabet or the Arabic script, with Latin being the most widespread.

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