LARA KAYAALP - FLE286

BERBER AND
CATALONIA
 ABOUT BERBER

• It's a branch of Afroasiatic languages

spoken in North Africa.

• Actually a group of languages, but

it's not well defined how to
categorize them.

• Also known as Amazigh languages

or Tamazight, which can also mean a
subset of Berber Languages.

• Spoken by Berbers, an ethnic group

in North Africa.
 POPULATION OF BERBER

• It's one of the official languages of

Morocco and Algeria, but it's spoken
in many more countries.

• About 0.7% of the population of

Catalonia speak Barber.

• It's also one of the most spoken

languages in France with 2.2 million
speakers.

• The exact numbers are unknown, but

around 25 million people in total
speak Berber.
 ABOUT BERBERS

• They live across Morocco, Algeria,

Libya, Tunisia and more.

• Their culture shares elements from

Africa, Europe and Middle East.

• They spread out from the west of

The Nile.
 MORE ABOUT BERBER

• It used to be seen as low prestige,

but this is improving especially since
it's an official language.

• It's mainly a spoken language.

• It divides nouns into 3 groups:

• Humans and higher animals
• Objects and lesser animals
• Fruits and vegetables
 EXAMPLE SENTENCES

• Azul a Tom. Amek telliḍ? (Hello, Tom. How are you?)

• Aql-iyi gerrzeɣ. (I'm doing fine.)

• Isem-nnek? (What is your name?)

• Isem-iw Hopkins. (My name is Hopkins.)

• Acḥal deg leɛmeṛ-nnek? (How old are you?)

• Qefleɣ snat n tmerwin n yiseggasen. (I have turned twenty.)

• Uhu, tanemmirt. (No, thank you.)