Standard Algerian Berber

Tamazight
Tamaziɣt
Native toAlgeria
RegionAlgeria
EthnicityAlgerian Berbers
Latin Alphabet
Official status
Official language in
 Algeria
Regulated byAlgerian Academy of Amazigh Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Tamazight, or Standard Algerian Berber,[1] is the standardized national variety of Berber (specifically Kabyle) spoken in Algeria. It is under active development since the officialization of Berber in Algeria in 2016.[2]

The standardization is largely based on the works of Mouloud Mammeri (the Dictionnaire and the Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle), ISBN 9782906659001).[3]

As of 2017, 350,000 pupils were studying Tamazight in 38 wilayas out of 48,[4] representing 4% of all students.[5] Ninety percent of them study Tamazight in Latin characters.[6][7] In 2018, the government announced that optional classes of Tamazight will be offered in all public primary and secondary schools in the future.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. ^ Temlali, Yassine (15 January 2018). "Algeria's Berber new year aims to show state's approval for 'invented tradition'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on Jan 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Dridi, Daikha (24 December 2017). "Le tamazight enseigné en Algérie est une "langue-monstre" que personne ne comprend". Al HuffPost Maghreb. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "APS - Le Conseil des ministres adopte un projet de loi fixant les fêtes légales". HCA CMS (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ "Enseignement du Tamazight: ces chiffres qui disent les contraintes". Algerie360 (in French). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ "Horizons - La transcription de tamazight au centre d'un colloque du HCA ; entre le tifinagh, l'arabe et le latin…". HCA CMS (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ Zmirli, Amayas (2018-01-13). "Algérie - Tamazight : un si long chemin". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. ^ Dendoune, Nadir (2018-10-22). "Un mouvement de boycott de l'enseignement de l'arabe paralyse plusieurs collèges et lycées". lecourrierdelatlas (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "Education nationale: généralisation de l'enseignement de tamazight en 2021 (document)". Algérie infos (in French). 2020-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.