Tamazight

Afro-Asiatic (Berber)14 million totalTifinagh

RegionMorocco/Algeria

FamilyAfro-Asiatic (Berber)

Speakers14 million total

ScriptTifinagh

TypeAlphabetic

About Tamazight

The Amazigh language of North Africa, older than recorded history there. Tifinagh, its letters, descend from ancient Numidian script. Official in Morocco since 2011 and national in Algeria. Verb first word order. Spoken from the Atlantic coast to the Egyptian desert.

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