Dialect comparison

Kabyle vs Nafusi

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

Kabyle

Taqbaylit

The Berber variety of the Kabylie region in northern Algeria. The most documented and standardised Algerian Tamazight, with a strong written literary tradition.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
36.71°, 4.05°
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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