Kabyle

Also known as Kabylian, Kabyle language, Taqbaylit

Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people

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Kabyle is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people, primarily in the Kabylie region of Algeria. It remains an important part of Kabyle cultural identity and is one of the major Berber languages still actively used today.

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Commons category: Kabyle language
Wikimedia language code: kab
native label: Taqbaylit
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5586000
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAB
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Kabyle (/kəˈbaɪl/) or Kabylian (/kəˈbɪliən/; native name: Taqbaylit [θɐqβæjlɪθ] ) is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria. It is spoken primarily in Kabylia.

Estimating the number of Berber speakers is very difficult and figures are often contested. A 2004 estimate was that 9.4% of the Algerian population spoke Kabyle. The number of diaspora speakers has been estimated at one million.