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Proto-Berber or Proto-Libyan is the reconstructed proto-language from which the modern Berber languages descend. Proto-Berber was an Afroasiatic language, and thus its descendant Berber languages are cousins to the Egyptian language , Cushitic languages , Semitic languages , Chadic languages , and the Omotic languages .
- North Africa
- Berber languages
Since modern Berber languages are relatively homogeneous, the date of the Proto-Berber language from which the modern group is derived was probably comparatively recent, comparable to the age of the Germanic or Romance subfamilies of the Indo-European family.
- Afro-AsiaticBerber
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The Berber languages, also known as Berber or the Amazigh languages (Berber name: Tamaziɣt, Tamazight; Neo-Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, Tuareg Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵜ, ⵝⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵗⵝ, pronounced [tæmæˈzɪɣt], [θæmæˈzɪɣθ]), are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
Areas in North Africa where Berber languages are spoken Tifinagh in Tifinagh. The Berber languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family, a large family that also includes Semitic languages like Arabic and the Ancient Egyptian language. Most Berbers speak Arabic and French.
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South Asia. Pacific Rim. Americas. Macrofamily reconstructions. List of proto-languages. Below is a partial list of proto-languages that have been reconstructed, ordered by geographic location. Africa. Proto-Afroasiatic. Proto-Semitic. Proto-Cushitic. Proto-Berber. Proto-Chadic. Proto-Omotic. Proto-Niger–Congo. Proto-Bantu. Proto-Yoruboid.
In a block-like classification of Berber languages, seven such historically defined entities are established. In view of the continuous movement of convergence one may doubt that the reconstruction of a Proto-Berber entity is possible.
Eastern Berber is generally considered as part of the Zenatic Berber supergroup of Northern Berber. Classification. Kossmann (1999:29, 33) divides them into two groups: one consisting of Ghadamès and Awjila. These two languages are the only Berber languages to preserve proto-Berber *β as β; elsewhere in Berber it becomes h or disappears.
