Dialect comparison

Central Atlas Tamazight vs Nafusi

Compare two dialects of Tamazight side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Tamazight · Beraber

The Berber variety of the Middle Atlas mountains in central Morocco. Roughly 2.5 million speakers; the basis of much of the standardised Moroccan Tamazight taught in schools.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
32.93°, -5.67°
Nafusi

Nafusi Berber · Jebel Nafusa

The Berber variety of the Nafusa mountains in north-western Libya. Around 200,000 speakers; one of the few surviving Berber languages inside Libya.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
31.86°, 11.69°

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