Tamaziɣt n Wamac

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Tamaziɣt n Wamac is the endonym for Central Atlas Tamazight, a Berber language spoken primarily by Amazigh communities in Morocco’s central Atlas region.

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Tamaziɣt n Wamac canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language
Central Atlas Tamazight
language
alternativeName Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamazight
Tamazight of the Atlas
belongsTo Amazigh languages
linked to: Berber languages
closelyRelatedTo Tarifit
Tashelhit
country Morocco
endonymFor Central Atlas Tamazight
hasApproximateSpeakers millions of speakers
hasGlottocode cent2194
hasISO639-2Code tzm
hasISO639-3Code tzm
hasLinguisticFeature gender distinction (masculine and feminine)
rich consonant inventory
root-and-pattern morphology
state alternation (free vs construct state)
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO)
hasMorphologicalType fusional
nonconcatenative
hasPhonologicalFeature emphatic consonants
pharyngeal consonants
hasScriptStatus Tifinagh is official script for Tamazight in Morocco
hasStandardizationStatus partially standardized in Morocco
isOralTraditionRich true
isPartOf Atlas languages
languageFamily Afroasiatic
recognizedIn Moroccan constitution (as part of Tamazight)
region Anti-Atlas (some communities)
High Atlas
Middle Atlas
spokenBy Amazigh communities
linked to: Amazigh
spokenIn Morocco
spokenInRegion Central Atlas
subFamily Berber
usedBy Central Atlas Amazigh communities
usedFor daily communication
music and poetry
oral tradition
usedInEducation some primary schools in Morocco
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh

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Central Atlas Tamazight alternateName Tamaziɣt n Wamac