Standard Algerian Berber

Tamazight, or Standard Algerian Berber,^[1] is the standardized national variety of Berber (specifically Kabyle) spoken in Algeria. It is under active development since the officialization of Berber in Algeria in 2016.^[2]

Tamazight
Tamaziɣt
Native to	Algeria
Region	Algeria
Ethnicity	Algerian Berbers
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Kabyle Tamazight
Writing system	Latin Alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Algeria
Regulated by	Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The standardization is largely based on the works of Mouloud Mammeri (the Dictionnaire and the Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle), ISBN 9782906659001).^[3]

As of 2017, 350,000 pupils were studying Tamazight in 38 wilayas out of 48,^[4] representing 4% of all students.^[5] Ninety percent of them study Tamazight in Latin characters.^[6][7] In 2018, the government announced that optional classes of Tamazight will be offered in all public primary and secondary schools in the future.^[8][9]

References

1. "Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
2. Temlali, Yassine (15 January 2018). "Algeria's Berber new year aims to show state's approval for 'invented tradition'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on Jan 28, 2019.
3. Dridi, Daikha (24 December 2017). "Le tamazight enseigné en Algérie est une "langue-monstre" que personne ne comprend". Al HuffPost Maghreb. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "APS - Le Conseil des ministres adopte un projet de loi fixant les fêtes légales". HCA CMS (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
5. "Enseignement du Tamazight: ces chiffres qui disent les contraintes". Algerie360 (in French). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
6. "Horizons - La transcription de tamazight au centre d'un colloque du HCA ; entre le tifinagh, l'arabe et le latin…". HCA CMS (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
7. Zmirli, Amayas (2018-01-13). "Algérie - Tamazight : un si long chemin". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
8. Dendoune, Nadir (2018-10-22). "Un mouvement de boycott de l'enseignement de l'arabe paralyse plusieurs collèges et lycées". lecourrierdelatlas (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
9. "Education nationale: généralisation de l'enseignement de tamazight en 2021 (document)". Algérie infos (in French). 2020-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.