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tamazight language
The TamazightLanguage is an AtlasLanguage of Morocco. SIL code: TZM. ISO 639-2: ber. Population: 3,000,000 in Morocco (1998). Population total all countries: 3,500,000. Region: Middle Atlas, High Atlas, eastern High Atlas Mountains. 1,200,000 in rural areas between Taza, Khemisset, Azilal, Errachidia, 100,000 outside the language area. Also spoken in Algeria, France. Alternate names: CENTRAL SHILHA, MIDDLE ATLAS BERBER, SHILHA. Dialects: CENTRAL ATLAS, SOUTH ORAN. Comments: 40% monolingual. Others use Arabic as second language. 65% live in rural areas, 10% live outside the traditional area. VSO (for Berber). Literacy rate in second language: Men 25%, women 5%. Bible portions 1919-1981. Also spoken in: Algeria. (Language name: TAMAZIGHT, CENTRAL ATLAS.) Alternate names: MIDDLE ATLAS BERBER, CENTRAL SHILHA. Dialects: SOUTH ORAN. Comments: One of the major Berber languages. 'Tamazight' is the name of the language, 'Berber' of the people. VSO. Muslim. Bible portions 1919-1981.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesafro asiatic languageAn AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 atlas languageAn AtlasLanguage is one of three closely related NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguages originating from the Atlas mountain range.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 northern afro asiatic languageA NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage is one of a group of 17 closely related AfroAsiaticLanguages found in North Africa and the Middle East.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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