Langenesis

Afro-Asiatic family

Central Atlas Tamazight

c. 500 CE – today Living

Central Atlas Tamazight (c. 500 CE – today) is a living Afro-Asiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Afro-Asiatic → Proto-Berber → Central Atlas Tamazight.

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Speakers
3M (3,000,000)
ISO 639-3
tzm
Glottocode
cent2194

Northern Berber language of the Middle and High Atlas in Morocco. Standard Moroccan Amazigh, official since 2011, is largely based on it and Tashelhit.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Afro-Asiaticc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Berberc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  3. Central Atlas Tamazightc. 500 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Berber.

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