Atlas languages

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Atlas languages
Masmuda
Geographic
distribution		Atlas Mountains, Souss
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
  • Shilha
  • Central Atlas Tamazight
  • Senhaja de Srair
  • Ghomara[1]
Glottologatla1275

The Atlas languages are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in the Atlas 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 the 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, spoken in the southern part of the Rif
  • Ghomara, spoken in the western part of the Rif
Percent of Tashelhit speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004[3]
Percent of Central Tamazight speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Maarten Kossmann, "Berber subclassification (preliminary version)", Leiden (2011)
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Atlas Berber". Glottolog 4.3.
  3. ^ a b Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004".

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