Berber leids

(Reguidit frae Berber leid)

Berber or the Amazigh leids[2] or by-leids (Berber name: Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ [tæmæˈzɪɣt], [θæmæˈzɪɣθ]) are a faimily o seemilar an closely relatit leids an dialects indigenous tae North Africae.

Berber
Tamaziɣt / Tamazight
EthnicityBerber fowk (Imazighen)
Geografic
distribution
North Africae, mainly Morocco an Algerie; smawer Berber-speakin populations in Libie, Mali, Niger, Tunisie, Burkina Faso, Egyp an Mauritanie.
Sizable communities o speakers in: Belgium, Fraunce, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canadae, an the Unitit States.
Lingueestic clessificationAfro-Asiatic
  • Berber
Proto-leidProto-Berber
Subdiveesions
ISO 639-2 / 5ber
Glottologberb1260[1]
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Berber-speakin populations are dominant in the coloured auries o modren-day North Africae. The ither auries o North Africae contain minority Berber-speakin populations.

References

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  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Berber". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. H. Ekkehard Wolff (26 August 2013). "Amazigh languages". Britannica.com. Retrieved 14 Julie 2015.