Tamazight languages

Tamazight languages (self-name - Taqbaylit , Tamaziɣt or Tamazight , ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ( tæmæˈzɪɣt , θæmæˈzɪɣθ )) - Tamazight languages, belong to the group of Atlas languages , distributed in the central and northern regions of Morocco . Native speakers of tamazight languages ​​around the world are about 5 million people (outside of Morocco, mainly in France ). As a rule, these people are multilingual, also owning Arabic .

Tamazight
Self name	ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⴳⵀⵜ, تامازیگھت
Countries	Morocco
Regions	center and east Morocco
Official status	Morocco (state)
Total number of speakers	from 3 to 5 million people
Classification
Category	African languages
Afrasian macro family Berber family Berbero-Guanche subfamily North berber branch Atlas Group
Writing	typhinagus (official form), latin alphabet , arabic
Language Codes
ISO 639-1	-
ISO 639-2	-
ISO 639-3	tzm

Percentage of speakers of tamazighta languages ​​in the provinces and provinces of Morocco (according to the 2004 census) ^[1]

Traditionally, Tamazight dialects are considered one language, but significant differences between its main three groups of dialects allow us to consider Tamazight language range as three independent languages:

• Middle Atlas Tamazight ;
• East High Atlas Tamazigh ;
• Demnatsky .

Tamazight language is recognized in Morocco as one of the official languages ​​and is used in government records management.

Tamazight languages

Previously, the Arabic alphabet was used for writing. The most common is the Latin alphabet . In the 1970s, attempts were made to adapt the ancient Livonian script used in the related Tuareg languages ; now typhinagus is the official written form of Tamazight languages.