Northern Berber language subgroup of Morocco
Atlas languages Geographic distribution Atlas Mountains , Souss Linguistic classification Afro-Asiatic Subdivisions
Shilha
Central Atlas Tamazight
Senhaja de Srair
Ghomara [1]
Glottolog atla1275
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 [ ]
Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
Reconstructed Eastern Northern
Zenati Non-Zenati Standardised
Tuareg Western Others Orthography Institutions
Italics indicate extinct languages
Tera Bura–Higi
Wandala (Mandara)
Mafa
Northeast South (A)
Maɗa
Məlokwo
Muyang
Wuzlam
South (B) South (C)
Baldemu
Mofu-Gudur
North Giziga
North Mofu
South Giziga
South (D) Others
Daba
Bata (Gbwata) Mandage (Kotoko)
North South
Afaɗə
Malgbe
Maslam
Mpadə
Others
East– Central
Munjuk
Beege
Mbara
Mpus
Musgu
Muskum
Vulum
Mida'a Others
Others Italics indicate extinct languages
Cushitic languages
North Cushitic Agaw Highland East Lowland East
Dullay
Ale
Dihina
Dobase
Gaba
Gergere
Gollango
Gorrose
Harso
Tsamai
South Italics indicate extinct languages
East Chadic languages
East Chadic (A)
Sibine Miltu Nancere Gabri Kwang Others
East Chadic (B)
Dangla (B.1.1) Mubi (B.1.2) Sokoro (B.3) Barain (B.4) Others
Italics indicate extinct languages
North South Italics indicate extinct languages
Omotic languages
South Omotic Mao Dizoid North Omotic (Ta-Ne)
Italics indicate extinct languages
Semitic languages
East West
Central
Northwest
Canaanite
Hebrew
Biblical
Mishnaic
Medieval
Mizrahi
Yemenite
Sephardi
Ashkenazi
Samaritan
Modern
Others
Ammonite
Moabite
Edomite
Phoenician
Aramaic
Western
Jewish Palestinian
Samaritan
Christian Palestinian
Nabataean
Palmyrene
Western Neo-Aramaic
Eastern
Others
Arabic
Literary
Classical
Modern Standard
Dialects
Mashriqi (Eastern)
Arabian Peninsular
Dhofari
Gulf
Hejazi
Najdi
Omani
Yemeni
Bedouin
Eastern Egyptian and Peninsular Bedawi
Others
Egyptian
Levantine
Cypriot
Lebanese
Palestinian
Mesopotamian
Sudanese
Central Asian
Shirvani
Maghrebi (Western)
Algerian
Saharan
Shuwa
Hassaniya
Andalusian
Libyan Arabic
Sicilian
Moroccan Arabic
Tunisian Arabic
Others
Old Arabic
Nabataean Arabic
Pre-classical Arabic
South
Ethiopic
North South
Amharic Harari Outer
n-group tt-group
Mesmes
Muher
West Gurage
Mesqan
Ezha
Chaha
Gura
Gumer
Gyeto
Ennemor
Endegen
Modern South Arabian Old South Arabian
Italics indicate extinct or historical languages.Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
Berber languages
Reconstructed Eastern Northern
Zenati Non-Zenati Standardised
Tuareg Western Others Orthography Institutions
Italics indicate extinct languages