Central Atlas Tamazight facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamaziġt ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Native to	Morocco France
Region	Central Morocco – Middle Atlas
Native speakers	3 million  (1998) 2.6 million (In Morocco only - 2004 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Atlas Central Atlas Tamazight
Writing system	Tifinagh, Latin, Arabic
Official status
Regulated by	IRCAM
Location of Central Atlas Tamazight speakersCentral Atlas Tamazight speakers are mostly distributed in a large, contiguous area in central Morocco.
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Central Atlas Tamazight is a Berber language. It is of the Afro-Asiatic language family. it is spoken by 3 to 5 million people in Central Morocco, and by smaller communities in France and elsewhere. It is an official language of Morocco.

Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the four most-spoken Berber languages. The other ones are Kabyle, Shilha, and Riff.

Images for kids

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  The Almoravid dynasty (green) at its greatest extent, c. 1120.

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  Percent of Tmazight speakers in Morocco by census 2004 Based on data found Here

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  The IRCAM (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe) in Rabat

See also

In Spanish: Tamazight del Marruecos Central para niños