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Dialect comparison

Central Atlas Tamazight vs Tashelhit

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°
Tashelhit

Shilha · Soussian Berber

The Berber variety of the southern Atlas and Souss valley in Morocco. The most numerous Tamazight variety, with a literary tradition going back centuries.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
30.42°, -9.59°

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