Atlas languages
| Atlas languages | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Atlas Mountains, Sous, Rif |
| Linguistic classification | Afroasiatic |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | atla1275 |
The Atlas languages are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages of the Afroasiatic language family spoken in the Atlas Mountains and Rif Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language spoken by perhaps 14 million people; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture. They are:[2][1]
- Central Atlas Tamazight (Central Atlas Berber), spoken in the central Atlas Mountains
- Shilha (Tashelhiyt; also rendered Tachelhit, Tasusit; includes Judeo-Berber and perhaps the extinct Lisan al-Gharbi), spoken in southern Morocco
- Sanhaja de Srair (Senhaja Berber or Tasenhajit), spoken in the central part of the Rif
- Ghomara, spoken in the western part of the Rif
- Lisan al-Gharbi, formerly spoken in western Morocco.
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Kossmann, Maarten (2020-05-07), "Berber", in Vossen, Rainer; Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of African Languages (1 ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 281–289, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.37, hdl:1887/3220746, ISBN 978-0-19-960989-5, retrieved 26 May 2025
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Atlas Berber". Glottolog 4.3.
- 1 2 Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004".
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