Atlas languages

Atlas languages
Masmuda
Geographic
distribution:
Atlas Mountains, Souss
Linguistic classification:

Afro-Asiatic

Subdivisions:
Glottolog: atla1275[2]

The Atlas languages, or more exactly Moroccan Atlas, are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language spoken by perhaps 14 million people; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture. They are,[2][1]

Percent of Tashelhit speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004[3]
Percent of Central Tamazight speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Maarten Kossmann, "Berber subclassification (preliminary version)", Leiden (2011)
  2. 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Atlas Berber". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 1 2 http://www.hcp.ma/Recensement-general-de-la-population-et-de-l-habitat-2004_a633.html
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