Kabyle

KAB

developing

Alternate Names: Amazigh, Tamazight, Taqbaylit

Dialects: Greater Kabyle, Lesser Kabyle (Tasahlit). Lesser Kabyle (Tasahlit) may be a separate language.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Berber
Northern
Kabyle

Demographics: 5,000,000 in Algeria (2012). Population total all countries: 5,586,000.

Language Use: Home, market. All ages. Positive attitudes. French [fra] and Arabic may be used by men in trade and correspondence.

Language Development: New media. Bible: 2011.

Spoken In: Algeria

Writing System: Latin, Tifinagh (Berber)

Nation of Origin: Algeria

Other Comments: Kabyle reported by some sources to derive from the Arabic word for tribesman. Patrilineal and patrilocal. Muslim, Christian.