Talk:Algerian Arabic
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Amazigh language of Algeria is completely different then Arabic. Yet research into 1)historical amazigh language & 2)modern amazigh language, has shown some intermixing of Arabic into Amazigh. Also some Amazigh words are used by Arabs of Algeria. So to say Berber language is not related at all is hard to say. Berber & Arabic are both part of the Hamito-Semitic branch or Afro-Asiatic branch. Prof. Karl Prasse, for instance, regards Amazigh (Berber) language as "a sister language of Semitic in general". Also, the ancient Berber written language is related to semitic written language. So the statement 'unrelated' is not for sure and is removed.
