Central Atlas Tamazight

Central Atlas Tamazight, also known as Central Morocco Tamazight ^[3] is a Berber language. It is of the Afro-Asiatic language family. it is spoken by 3 to 5 million people in Central Morocco, and by smaller communities in France and elsewhere. It is an official language of Morocco.

Central Atlas Tamazight
Tamaziġt
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Native to	Morocco
Region	Central Morocco – Middle Atlas
Native speakers	(3 million cited 1998)[1] 2.6 million (In Morocco only - 2004 census)[2]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Atlas Central Atlas Tamazight
Writing system	Tifinagh, Latin, Arabic
Official status
Regulated by	IRCAM
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tzm
Location of Central Atlas Tamazight speakers Central Atlas Tamazight speakers are mostly distributed in a large, contiguous area in central Morocco.
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Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the four most-spoken Berber languages. The other ones are Kabyle, Shilha, and Riff.

References

1. "Tamazight, Central Atlas". SIL International. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
2. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Hcp.ma. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
3. also known as Central Morocco Tamazight, Middle Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight, Central Shilha, and, rarely, Braber