Dialect comparison

Nafusi vs Tashelhit

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

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°
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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