Peace Corps Tamazight(Berber) to English Dictionary

COURSE OVERVIEW
This dictionary was written in transcription, meaning that some of the sounds may not be readily apparent. In addition, some of the Arabic letters do not exist in English, and as such I have used other symbols to represent some of these sounds.

PROGRAMS THAT USED THIS LANGUAGE
Morocco: 1963-present

PROGRAM SECTORS
Morocco: Youth Development, English Education, Environment and Health

Berber or the Berber languages or dialects (Berber name: Tamazit, Tamazight) are a family of similar and closely related languages and dialects indigenous to North Africa. They are spoken by large populations in Algeria and Morocco, and by smaller populations in Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. Large Berber-speaking migrant communities are living in Western Europe since the 1950s. In 2001, Berber became a constitutional national language of Algeria, and in 2011 Berber became a constitutionally official language of Morocco. Berber constitutes a branch of the Afroasiatic language family, and has been attested since ancient times. The number of ethnic Berbers is much higher than the number of Berber speakers. The bulk of the populations of the Maghreb countries are considered to have Berber ancestors. In Algeria, for example, a majority of the population consists of Arabized Berbers, while a fifth of the population speaks Berber.

Tamazight Berber is spoken in: Algeria, Morocco

Tamazight Berber is also called: Tidikelt