Kabyle language
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| Kabyle Taqbaylit |
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| Spoken in: | Algeria; immigrant communities in France, Belgium and elsewhere | |
| Region: | Kabylie (Wilayas of Tizi Ouzou, Bejaia, Bouira and surrounding areas) | |
| Total speakers: | 3,123,000 (1995) (source: ethnologue.com) | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Kabyle |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | kab | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | kab | |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle: Ṯaqbayliṯ, Taqbaylit , pronounced /ˌθaq.βajˈliθ/) spoken by the Kabyle people. In 1995, there were 3,123,000 speakers worldwide, the majority in Algeria, where there were more than 2,000,000.
Kabyle was (with some exceptions) rarely written before the 20th century; however, in recent years a small but increasing body of literature has been printed. The originally oral poetry of Si Mohand is particularly notable in this respect. Famous Kabyle singers include Matoub Lounes, Idir and Ait Menguellet.
[edit] External links
- imyura.com, a website written in Kabyle.
- tamazight.fr, another website written in Kabyle.
- Unofficial Kabyle wikipedia
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