Berber leids

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
  • ? Guanche
  • ? East Numidian
  • Wastren
  • Eastren
  • Northern
  • Tuareg
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.

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