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Proto-Berber or Proto-Libyan is the reconstructed proto-language from which the modern Berber languages stem. Proto-Berber was an Afroasiatic language, and as such, its descendant Berber languages are cousins to the Egyptian language, Cushitic languages, Semitic languages, Chadic languages, and the Omotic languages. proto-berberberberproto-libyan.
Siwi language. Siwi (also known as Siwan [3] or Siwa Berber; [4] native name: Jlan n isiwan) is the easternmost Berber language, spoken in the western Egyptian desert by an estimated 15,000 [5] [6] to 20,000 [1] people in the oases of Siwa and Gara, near the Libyan border . Siwi is the normal language of daily communication among the Egyptian ...
The Mande languages ( Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include Maninka (Malinke), Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Kpelle, Jula (Dioula), Bozo, Mende, Susu, and Vai. There are around 60 to 75 languages spoken by 30 to 40 million people, [1] chiefly in ...
Proto-language. In the tree model of historical linguistics, a proto-language is a postulated ancestral language from which a number of attested languages are believed to have descended by evolution, forming a language family. Proto-languages are usually unattested, or partially attested at best. They are reconstructed by way of the comparative ...
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 150 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa, a lingua franca of much of inland ...
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Nov 18, 2018 · Recent changes. Proto-Berber lemmas, categorized by their part of speech. Category:Proto-Berber nouns: Proto-Berber terms that indicate people, beings, things, places, phenomena, qualities or ideas. Category:Proto-Berber verbs: Proto-Berber terms that indicate actions, occurrences or states.
