Language/Kabyle
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Facts about Kabyle
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
kab
- Other names for "Kabyle":
autonym: taqbaylit [θæqβæjliːθ], tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵇⴱⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ, Amazigh, Kabyl, Kabylia, Tamazight
- The Kabyle language is spoken in:
Algeria
Kabyle or Kabylian is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria.
It is spoken primarily in Kabylia, east of the capital Algiers and in Algiers itself, but also by various groups near Blida, such as the Beni Salah and Beni Bou Yaqob.
The number of speakers is estimated at around 3.5 million in Kabylia and around 6 million worldwide, mainly in Algiers and France. It is the second most spoken Berber language, after Chleuh (southern Morocco).
In Algeria, it is the first Berber language in number of speakers, followed by Chaoui. In North Africa it ranks second after chleuh.
On April 10, 2002, a revision of the Algerian constitution added article 3bis, which recognized Berber as the national language.
In early 2016, as a Berber language, Kabyle acquired the status of official language in Algeria through a new revision of the constitution.
Videos
The Sound of the Kabyle language (Numbers, Greetings & The Parable)
Kabyle language
Learn the basics of the amazigh (kabyle) language