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	Algeria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Algeria was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Khair ad-Din and his brother Aruj, who established Algeria's modern boundaries in the north and made its coast a base for the corsairs; their privateering peaked in Algiers in the 1600s.
		Algeria's largest and official language, Arabic, is spoken natively in dialectal form ("Darja") by some 80% of the population, and, as in the entire Arab world, used in the Modern Standard Arabic variant in the media and on official occasions.
		Language politics and Arabization have partly been a result of the fact that a 130 years of French colonization had left both the state bureaucracy and much of the educated upper class completely Francophone; but also of the Arab nationalism promoted by successive Algerian governments.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Algeria (2924 words)

	Algeria - MSN Encarta
		Algeria’s segment of a trans-Saharan highway, extending from the Mediterranean coast past Tamanrasset, an oasis in the Sahara, to the Niger border, was completed in 1985.
		Algeria was ruled by a High Council of State from 1992 until 1994, when the council appointed a president as head of state.
		Algeria has a bicameral legislature consisting of a 144-member Council of the Nation as the upper house and a 389-member National People’s Assembly as the lower house.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554128_5/Algeria.html (527 words)

	Algeria Information Center - algeria map
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		Algeria's algeria facts social fabric was stretched to breaking point during this period: literacy dropped massively, while land confiscation uprooted much of the population.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_A_-_C/Algeria.html (1857 words)

	Algeria
		Algeria (French Algérie), officially Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, republic of western North Africa; bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea; on the east by Tunisia and Libya; on the south by Niger, Mali, and Mauritania; and on the west by Morocco.
		Algeria has ten universities, including two universities of science and technology, and a number of technical colleges; the total enrollment at all institutions of higher education is about 300,000.
		Algeria possesses some of the largest oil and natural gas reserves in the world, and is one of the world’s top natural gas exporters.
	www.arab-world-information.com /algeria.htm (7414 words)

	Algeria: Religions & Peoples (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Algeria it is Sunni Islam that holds the ground.
		Algeria has, therefore, the strongest Berber culture of all countries with a Berber population, and Berber language lives on, but only as an everyday language (French is the administrative and cultural language for them, and many Berbers don't know very much Arabic).
		Berber languages is the other large group, but consists of several variants: Kabyle spoken by 2,5 million (some sources say as many as 6 million) in the mountainous north of the country.
	www.i-cias.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e.o/algeria_4.htm (560 words)

	Algeria - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, or Algeria, is a nation in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African continent.
		Algeria was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Khair ad-Din and his brother Aruj who made its coast a base for the corsairs; their privateering peaked in Algiers in the 1600s, after which the center of activity moved to Tripoli in Libya.
		Algeria has the fifth-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the second largest gas exporter; it ranks 14th in oil reserves.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=358 (1159 words)

	Languages of Algeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The official language of Algeria is Arabic, as specified in its constitution since 1963.
		Despite the growth of Punic, Latin, and later Arabic, it remained the main language of Algeria until the invasion of the Banu Hilal in the 11th century.
		Latin itself, of course, was the language of the Roman occupation; it became widely spoken in the coastal towns, and Augustine attests that in his day it was gaining ground over Punic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Languages_of_Algeria (864 words)

	Algeria - ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In addition to their own language, many adult Berbers also speak Arabic and French; for centuries Berbers have entered the general society and merged, within a generation or two, into the Arab group.
		Set apart by their habitat, language, and well-organized village and social life, Kabyles have a highly developed sense of independence and group solidarity.
		In southern Algeria, they are concentrated in the highlands of Tassili-n- Ajjer and Ahaggar and in the 1970s were estimated to number perhaps 5,000 to 10,000.
	countrystudies.us /algeria/51.htm (1474 words)

	Berber
		The Berber language in Tunisia, called Chelha, is currently facing extinction in the remaining few small towns in the southern part of the country (see travel pages on Chenini and Douiret).
		In Egypt, the Berber language is spoken along the coastal zone west of Alexandria, and in the oasis of Siwa.
		In Algeria, Berber identity is strong and proud, and there are centuies-old tensions between the Berbers of the mountains and the Arabs of the larger cities.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/berber.htm (322 words)

	Berber Branch
		In Algeria, Tamazight was recognized as a national language in 2002.
		It is estimated that there are between 14 and 25 million speakers of Berber languages, but exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, since most Maghreb countries do not record language data in their censuses, and many people who speak these languages are hard-to-reach nomads.
		In addition, these languages go by different names in their respective language communities -- a factor that confuses the issue of whether these are dialects of one language or different languages.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/july/berber.html (936 words)

	Ethnologue: Algeria
		KABYLE [KYL] 2,537,000 in Algeria (1987), 8% of the population; 537,000 in France (1984); 3,074,000 in all countries.
		Status as a language or dialect is not defined.
		Western Algeria mountain area of Atlas and adjacent valleys to Taza, in the vicinity of Rabat, south near the Moroccan border.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Alge.html (608 words)

	Ethnologue report for Algeria
		The Ghat dialect is in southeast Algeria around Ganet and west.
		[tzm] Western Algeria mountain area of Atlas and adjacent valleys to Taza, in the vicinity of Rabat, south near the Moroccan border.
		Tidikelt, in the vicinity of Salah, and Tit in southern Algeria.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Algeria (401 words)

	Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
		Algeria’s recent reforms have taken her a long way, and it would be an utter shame to see her fall back into the Third Worldist trap.
		Algeria can build itself as a pillar to the development of the developing world, but only if it remains consistent at home and abroad, keeping up with its reforms at home and remaining on good terms with all states while not becoming the property of those states.
		Algeria’s hopes of greater cooperation and integration into NATO and its aims of resoring its international prestige will be put in danger if it places itself on the wrong side of the international divide when it comes to the Iranian issue.
	www.publiuspundit.com /?cat=117 (9911 words)

	Algeria - Languages: Arabic and Berber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Before the arrival of Arabic-speaking invaders, Berber was the language of the indigenous population.
		Arabic, the language of the majority and the official language of the country, is a Semitic tongue related to Hebrew, Aramaic, and Amharic.
		The dominant language throughout North Africa and the Middle East, Arabic was introduced to the coastal regions by the Arab conquerors of the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. Arabic language and culture had an even greater impact under the influence of the beduin Arabs, who arrived in greater numbers from the eleventh century onward.
	countrystudies.us /algeria/52.htm (380 words)

	Algeria Travel Guide and Bicycle Touring Guide
		Algeria is a morally conservative country as reflect in the success of Muslim fundamentalist in 1991 elections.
		The are paved roads into southern Algeria to Bechar/Reggane and El Golea/In Salah, but crossing the Sahara is another story.
		When you hear a vehicle coming stop, hold your water bottle and give you best signal that you are running dry -- it may be past "method acting".
	www.ibike.org /africaguide/algeria.htm (840 words)

	Algeria
		Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably Numidia, and seized the opportunity offered by the Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, only to be taken over soon after by the Roman Republic in 200 BC.
		Algeria's social fabric was stretched to breaking point during this period: literacy dropped massively, while land confiscation uprooted much of the population.
		However, in Algeria itself the older, highly verbal chaabi style remains more popular, with such stars as El Hadj El Anka or Dahmane El Harrachi, while the tuneful melodies of Kabyle music, exemplified by Idir and Ait Menguellet, have a wide audience.
	www.governpub.com /Sof-A/Algeria.php (1631 words)

	Algeria \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Algeria must also diversify its petroleum-based economy, which has yielded a large cash reserve but which has not been used to redress Algeria's many social and infrastructure problems.
		Algeria assumed a two-year seat on the UN Security Council in January 2004.
		Algeria to French Algeria to Italian Algeria to Spanish Algeria to Dutch Algeria to Portuguese Algeria to German Algeria to Russian Algeria to Japanese Algeria to Chinese (T) Algeria to Chinese (S) Algeria to Korean Algeria to Turkish Algeria to Hebrew Algeria to Additional Algeria to Croatian Algeria to Swedish
	www.babylon.com /definition/Algeria/English (481 words)

	Algeria - Education Links
		Information on the languages spoken in each area of the country.
		Notes on Algeria from the Department of State.
		The Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations, NY.
	www.mepc.org /resources_links/Algeria.asp (226 words)

	Algeria LANGUAGES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The sole official and majority language is Arabic, with many variations and dialects, but many Algerians also speak French; "Arabization" has been encouraged by the government.
		Berber is a distinct branch of the Hamitic language group; dialects vary from district to district.
		In antiquity, the Numidians wrote Berber in script form.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Algeria-LANGUAGES.html (105 words)

	Algeria
		The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is located on the northern coast of Africa.
		After a bitter war of liberation, Algeria adopted a one party socialist system of government.
		Because of this, opposition to the gospel is intense, and the option of the gospel has never been fairly presented.
	www.arabicbible.com /ac/algeria/algeria.htm (133 words)

	African Languages by Countries :: Official and national Languages of Africa
		Native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population.
		Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread).
		Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/african_languages.htm (583 words)

	Algeria-Islam and Middle East
		One Up Info: Algeria: An extremely thorough and informative page including information on various subjects from history to foreign policy to geography to religious minorities.
		Algeria Energy Data: Facts and statistics concerning Algeria's principal industries, weekly crude oil prices, monthly crude oil production, annual energy and energy-related data.
		Algeria Interface: Bilingual (French/English) newspaper with information on politics, business, government leader profiles, etc. Run by Algerian and European journalists.
	www.ou.edu /mideast/country/algeria.htm (395 words)

	African Studies Center \| Algeria Page
		The Country Analysis Briefs (CABs) provide an overview of the energy situation for Algeria which has current interest to energy analysts and policy makers.
		These resources are provided by the International Crisis Group (ICG) is a private, multinational organization committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to understand and respond to crises.
		The Ethnologue is a catalog of the world's languages including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Country_Specific/Algeria.html (170 words)

	PanAfrLoc \| PanAfrLoc / Algeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Algerian Arabic - has no official status, but is overwhelmingly the dominant language of oral communication in most of the country, and is generally learned as a second language by speakers of other languages.
		Korandje - a heavily Berberized Songhay language spoken only at a single small oasis near the Moroccan border, on the old caravan route from Timbuktu to Sijilmassa.
		The Berber languages can be written in a modified Latin script, the Arabic script, or in Tifinagh.
	www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Algeria (395 words)

	Berber languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD, it was written in the Arabic alphabet (particularly by the Shilha of Morocco); since the 20th century, it is often written in the Latin alphabet, especially among the Kabyle.
		This state of affairs was protested by Berbers in Morocco and Algeria - especially Kabylie - and is now being addressed in both countries by introducing Berber language education and by recognizing Berber as a "national language",
		Traditional genealogists of tribes claiming Arab origin often claimed that Berbers were Arabs that immigrated from Yemen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berber_languages (2042 words)

	Algeria
		Directory of Development Organizations: Algeria (2006) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
		For each country in the IDP survey, the document collection includes an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses.
		Recent and current news in English or French --mostly from UN agencies-- on the humanitarian situation in Algeria.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Algeria.html (1204 words)

	Afrikanska språk vid GU
		The languages of Algeria, according to Ethnologue (SIL)
		The languages of Burkina Faso, according to Ethnologue (SIL)
		The languages of Sao Tome e Principe, according to Ethnologue (SIL)
	www.african.gu.se /linkorg-afr.html (1473 words)

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