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WAAC: Demographics of Algeria A language is one with a clear-cut grammar and syntax. The vocabulary for this language, referred to as a "dialect" by Arabic-speakers, appears to be rooted mostly in classical Arabic, albeit pronounced differently, due to Amazigh influence. This is the language taught in school, the official language of the country. www.waac.info /library/Demography/languages.htm   (1066 words)

Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal Etymologically, it means "language of the free" or "of the noblemen." Traditionally, the term "tamazight" (in various forms: "thamazighth", "tamasheq", "tamajeq", "tamahaq") was used by many Berber groups to refer to the language they spoke, including the Middle Atlas, the Rif, Sened in Tunisia, and the Tuareg. The Berber languages have two cases of the noun, organized ergatively: one is unmarked, while the other serves for the subject of a transitive verb and the object of a preposition, among other contexts. Subclassification of the Berber languages is made difficult by their mutual closeness; Maarten Kossmann (1999) describes it as two dialect continua, Northern Berber and Tuareg, and a few peripheral languages, spoken in isolated pockets largely surrounded by Arabic, that fall outside these continua, namely Zenaga and the Libyan and Egyptian varieties. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Berber_language   (1981 words)

Algeria: Religions & Peoples 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. Tamahaq is spoken by about 25,000, mainly living around Tamanrasset in the south. lexicorient.com /e.o/algeria_4.htm   (560 words)

Tuareg languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tamahaq - Language of the Kel Ahaggar, spoken in Algeria and in the north of Niger by approximately 57 000 people. Tayart Tamajaq language - Language of the Kel Ayer (sometimes spelled Aïr), spoken in Niger by approximately 250 000 people. Tawallammat Tamajaq language - Language of the Iwellemmeden, spoken in Mali and Niger by approximately 670 000 people. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuareg_languages   (820 words)

Berber languages (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Tamazight (the Berber language/s) is a member of the Afro-Asiatic language family (formerly called Hamito-Semitic.) Traditional genealogists often considered the Berbers as Arabs that immigrated from Yemen; for this reason, some considered Tamazight to derive from Arabic. The Berber languages have two cases of the noun, organized ergatively: one is unmarked, while the other serves for the subject of a transitive verb and the object of a preposition. ar:&1575;&1604;&1571;&1605;&1575;&1586;&1610;&1594;&1610;&1577; de:Berbersprachen fr:Berbère ja:&12505;&12523;&12505;&12523;&35486; nl:tamazight sv:berberspråk Category:Maghreb Category:Berber languages Category:Languages of Algeria Category:Languages of Morocco berber-languages.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (2034 words)

Australian Information from Wikipedia According to the 2001 census, English is the only language spoken in the home for around 80% of the population. Australia has a sign language known as Auslan, which is the main language of about 6,500 deaf people. Australian English is a major variety of the language; its grammar and spelling are largely based on those of British English, overlaid with a rich vernacular of unique lexical items and phrases, some of which have found their way into standard English. thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?...   (5165 words)

WAAC: Demographics of Libya Tamazight, nevertheless, is catalogued for Libya in the Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 14th Edition (June 2001), which lists nine languages for this country, including Libyan Sign Language for the deaf (LBS). Tamahaq (Tahaggart), spoken by the Tuarags, found around the southwestern Libyan oases around Ghat, bordering Algeria, as well as Tamanghasset in Algeria south into Niger, and in east Mali, in the Menaka and Gao regions. The literacy rate for Libya, according to the CIA World Factbook (2001), is 76.2 percent (1995 est.), with a gender difference of 87.9 percent for males and 63 percent for females. www.waac.info /library/Demography/libya/languages.html   (212 words)

The Tamazight (Berber) language profile, par Karim Achab. Tamazight belongs to the African branch of the Afro-Asian language family, also referred to as Hamito-Semitic in the literature, along with ancient Egyptian and other African languages such as the ones called Cuchitic and Chadic languages, as opposed to the oriental or Semitic branch constituted of semitic languages. The question as to whether these languages started in Africa or the Middle East along with the Semitic languages is still controversial and goes beyond the field of linguistics since it involves archaeology, as well as pre-history and paleontology. Given the similarities, the possibility that the substrata of these languages are African with an important eastern influence from Semitic languages is the most plausible, although a western influence of Semitic languages from the African branch, namely Egyptian, is not to be excluded. isegh.tripod.com /the_tamazight_language_profile_karimachab.htm   (2973 words)

skyking, tourism, libya, gothenburg, petit martinique, tobago cays, oktoberfest, vanair, somalia, vancouver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The main language spoken in Libya is Arabic language, which is also the official language.Anderson, Lisa, (2006),, MSN Encarta, Accessed July 17 2006 In addition, Tuaregs speak Tamahaq language, the only known Northern Tuareg languages language. Italian language and English language are sometimes spoken in the big cities, although Italian speakers are mainly among the older generation. Gothenburg is a logistic centre, with transports by train and truck from Sweden and Norway to Gothenburg harbour which is by far the largest port in Scandinavia with a cargo turnover of 36.9 million tonnes a year (2004)Statistics from the homepage of the Port of Gothenburg, www.portgot.com. tourismperu.info /skyking.html   (930 words)

Winne.com - Report on Algeria - La Nouvelle Generation As a matter of fact, the official language is Arabic and is used by the State, education and Civil Service, but oral Algerian is divided up into about twenty accents througout Algeria. Kabylia, region known for claiming its identity since the independence, represents a different community in its social organisation, long based upon the Aarchs (important families in villages), while the m'rabet (Marabous) are a superior religious class, taken for granted and respected. The Touarègue language, called Tamahaq, Tamajaq or Tamachaq, depending on the region, is one of the components of the Berber language. www.winne.com /algeria2/english/bf03.html   (1462 words)

[No title] The scrips are all of the same basic type, though with considerable variations.]]} {north-indic, definition, [[The north indic scripts are the scripts derived from the northern branch of Ashokan brahmi. The language written is the local dialect, but the script is an ideographic script. The language(s) is not Indo-European, and is not understood.]]} {north-iberian, description, [[This script seems to have been derived from the South Iberian script, although this is not known for certain. www.ontopia.net /omnigator/docs/i18n.ltm   (931 words)

Indo-European and Semitic languages – part one Newer investigations suggest very strongly that that view is not correct and that those previously demonstrated similarities of both language families are the result of the connections between them during over thousands of years rather than of their common origin. There also exists a probably more plausible view that the Khoisan languages can be contrasted with all the other languages of the world, and the Zinj languages have more in common with the languages of Australia and south-eastern Asia than with the AA languages (see here and here). By the authors of the Tower of Babel, the AA languages are not only separated from IE but also removed from among the Nostratic languages – they are a sister group of not only the whole of the Nostratic languages, but also the Dene-Caucasian languages. grzegorj.w.interia.pl /lingwen/iesem1.html   (3205 words)

Tuareg -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The language is called Tamasheq by western Tuareg in Mali, Tamahaq among Algerian and Libyan Tuareg, and Tamajaq in the Azawagh and Aïr regions, Niger. The Tuareg are classified as a Berber group, and are closely related to both Northwest African Berbers and West Africans, in terms of culture and ethnicity. At least some sources argue that the Tuareg are defined by language and culture, not by ethnicity, and that predominantly Tamasheq speakers qualify as "Tuareg" (and, presumably, by implication, individuals of Tuareg descent but who have assimilated into various countries and do not speak Tamasheq languages do not). en.wikipedia.2es.com.pl /wiki/Tuareg   (2119 words)

Berber "The three Berber languages researched for this project are: Kabyle (Taqbaylit), spoken in northern Algeria; Tamazight (Berber), of central Morocco; and Tuareg, the indigenous name of which varies according to the dialect (Prasse 1972): Tamahaq in southern Algeria, Tamashaq in Mali, Tamajeq in Niger and in Libya (Ghat, where it may also be called Tamaziq). Other major languages include Tashelhit (Shilha) and Tarifit (Rif) of Morocco." The languages of smaller groups are discussed in the Dialect Survey (4) of this section. However, the main languages and domains are identifiable from the many dialect studies and from the arrangement by region of entries in the bibliographical resources used here: A. Basset, LLB, 1952, and the chronicles entitled "Langue et litérature berbère" (LELB) by Basset and Chaker, in AAN. www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/language.php?id=7   (872 words)

YWAM Sahara - Libyan Berbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) There are several groups of Imazighen in Libya: The Imazighen of the mountains south and west of Tripoli - the Jebal Nafusa; Those living in the north-west, the Zuara Berbers; and in the West by the border, where Libya, Tunisia and Algeria intersect, in Ghadames, the Ghadams Imazighen; those in the Sawknah, and Awjilah areas. Tarquet, spoken by Kel Tamahaq (Tuareg) in the south and south-west. There is a sense of repression due to lack of freedom of the press and prohibition of publications in Tamazight, as well as writings about their history and culture. www.gosahara.org /lb.html   (2353 words)

YWAM Sahara - Tuareg Today, their culture and language is still distinct and very much part of their lives. Individually the tribes are recognised by area of origin or language: Kel Tamasheq (meaning the people who speak Tamasheq), Kel Tamashek, Kel Ajjer, Kel Tamahaq and there are other dialects and names they call themselves. For the purposes of this profile we will refer to the overall people group as the Kel T. Although there are traits of the Tuareg culture that evidence earlier contact with Christians before the rise of Islam, the Tuareg have long been known as Muslims. www.gosahara.org /kel.html   (1285 words)

Australian Information from Wikipedia The main language spoken in Libya is Arabic, which is also the official language. Italian and English are sometimes spoken in the big cities, although Italian speakers are mainly among the older generation. While the primary language of the country is a local colloquial form of Arabic, www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Libya   (5948 words)

Ethnologue 14 report for language code:THV The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000). It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). 'Tamahaq' is the speakers' name for their language. www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=THV   (117 words)

TIME.com: A Call Between Caravans -- Apr. 4, 1960 -- Page 1 Just about the only people who can write the language are members of the Tuareg's first families, and they usually develop writer's block once they have learned to set down their own names. One day between caravans in Beersheba, Missionary Wakefield first saw the characters of the Tamahaq language, felt her call to the 25-year labor she has just completed. HaL'-blind with double cataracts, 80-year-old Mabel Wakefield unbitterly concedes that the attempt to vowel the Tamahaq language was "perhaps a mistake." She adds: "People may think all this work has been an incredible waste of time. www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,869459,00.html   (773 words)

PanAfrLoc | PanAfrLoc / Berber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Nonetheless, it is used in Western languages by many Berber writers, such as the Kabyle Professor Salem Chaker of INALCO in Paris, Werner Vycichl, and Maarten Kossmann and Harry Stroomer of Leiden University. However, other terms were used by other groups; for instance, many parts of western Algeria called their language 'taznatit' or Zenati, while the Kabyles called theirs 'thaqvaylith', the inhabitants of Siwa 'tasiwit', and the Zenaga 'Tuddhungiya' [http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/showpages?ethnocode=ZENanddoctype=detailandversion=0andscale=six]. Tifinagh is the original script of these languages but they have also been transcribed using the Arabic script and in more recent history with modified Latin scripts. www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Berber   (889 words)

Languages in Algeria Status as a language or dialect is not defined. The Ghat dialect is in southeast Algeria around Ganet and west Libyan oases around Ghat.Tuareg are the people (Targi is the singular); Tamahaq is the language. Strong language vitality and low intelligibility with other Tamazight speech forms, including Tumzabt and Tagargrent. perso.orange.fr /mohamed.sahnoun/languages.html   (457 words)

African language southern branch of the Berber Berber language spoken by...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) African language southern branch of the Berber Berber language spoken by... African language, southern branch of the Berber Berber language, spoken by the Kel Tamajaq Kel Tamajaq or Imuhagh Imuhagh, Tuareg Tuareg. The Tuareg language is named Tamahaq Tamahaq in Libya, and Algeria, Tamasheq Tamasheq in Mali and Tamajaq Tamajaq in Niger. www.biodatabase.de /Tamajaq   (94 words)

Tuareg - Gurupedia The Tuareg are sometimes called the "blue people" because of the indigo color of their robes and turbans. The language is called Tamasheq by western Tuareg, Mail, Tamahaq among Algerian and Libyan Tuareg and Tamajaq in Azawagh and Ayr regions, Niger. At least some sources argue that the Tuareg are defined by language, not ethnicity, and that predominantly Middle Eastern and/or Black African Tamasheq speakers qualify as "Tuareg" (and, presumably, by implication, individuals of Tuareg descent but who have assimilated into various countries and do not speak Tamasheq languages do not). www.gurupedia.com /t/tu/tuareg.htm   (1024 words)

LIBYA'S FREE VOICE MESSAGE BOARD Forums - View Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The term Tamazight is often substituted, particularly to refer to Northern Berber languages; in Western languages, this term can also (somewhat misleadingly) be used specifically to refer to the language of the Middle Atlas mountains in Morocco, closely related to Tashelhiyt. However, other terms were used by other groups; for instance, many parts of western Algeria called their language "taznatit" or Zenati, while the Kabyles called theirs "thaqvaylith", the inhabitants of Siwa "tasiwit", and the Zenaga "Tuddhungiya"[1]. Modern Berber LanguagesSubclassification of the Berber languages is made difficult by their mutual closeness; Maarten Kossmann (1999) describes it as two dialect continua, Northern Berber and Tuareg, and a few peripheral languages, spoken in isolated pockets largely surrounded by Arabic, that fall outside these continua, namely Zenaga and the Libyan and Egyptian varieties. www.libyamazigh.org /phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=1789&forum=1&0   (2037 words)

EveryTongue.com Language Recordings Main page Here is the list of languages that you can hear if you order the cassette tape. Here is a list of the languages that do not have a recording. Here you can listen to a recording in a language you know and then listen to the same recording in a language that you want to learn. www.everytongue.com   (531 words)

Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology - DZ Algerien, l'Algérie, Algeria - Sprache, Langue, Language ethnologue - Algerian - Language of DZ (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=arq ethnologue - Northern Shilha - Language of DZ (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rif ethnologue - Riff - Language of DZ (E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rif www.wortherkunft.de /~e/d_/dz-sprach.html   (970 words)

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