Berber

The Berbers (also called Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. There are between 14 and 25 million speakers of Berber languages in North Africa (see population estimation), principally concentrated in Morocco and Algeria but with smaller communities as far east as Egypt and as far south as Burkina Faso.

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Ethnic group - Northwest Africa - Berber languages - Afroasiatic family - North Africa - Population estimation - Morocco - Algeria - Egypt - Burkina Faso

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Their languages, the Berber languages, form a branch of the Afroasiatic linguistic family comprising many closely related varieties, including Kabyle, Tachelhit, and Central Atlas Tamazight, with a total of roughly 14-25 million speakers.

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Berber languages - Afroasiatic linguistic family - Kabyle - Tachelhit - Central Atlas Tamazight

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