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Kabyle

taqbaylit

Kabyle is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Algeria, by about 5.6 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Kabyle · 36.4°N 4.8°E

Kabyle () or Kabylian (; native name: Taqbaylit [θɐqβæjlɪθ] ) is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria. It is spoken primarily in Kabylia.

Estimating the number of Berber speakers is very difficult and figures are often contested. A 2004 estimate was that 9.4% of the Algerian population spoke Kabyle. The number of diaspora speakers has been estimated at one million.

From Wikipedia · Kabyle language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Imdanen akken ma llan ttlalen-d d ilelliyen gdan deg lḥeṛma d yizerfan , ɣur-sen leɛqel d tefrit, yessefk ad tili tegmat gar-asen.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Kabyle

MeaningWordRomanization
childagrud
manargaz
womantameṭṭut
nameisem
friendamdakkel
eyetiṭ
toothtuɣmest
handafus
heartul
wateraman
moonayyur
snowadfel
mountainadrar
dogaydi
catamcic
birdagḍiḍ
cowtafunast
oneyiwen
fivesemmus
hundredtemya
Inekk
eatečč
seeẓer
coffeetaɣlust
breadaɣrum
honeytament
wineccṛab
bananalbanan
helloazul
yesih

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