Kabyle
Language Information
Kabyle is spoken in northern Algeria, in the Kabylie region east of Algiers, and by large emigrant communities in France.
Kabyle is a Berber (Amazigh) language with about 5 million speakers. The Kabyles have been leaders of the Berber cultural movement, which won official status for Tamazight in Algeria in 2016.
Kabyle is a Berber (Amazigh) language with about 5 million speakers. The Kabyles have been leaders of the Berber cultural movement, which won official status for Tamazight in Algeria in 2016.
- Language Family
- Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic)
- Subgroup
- Berber
Kabyle Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Kabyle
Imdanen akken ma llan ttlalen-d d ilelliyen gdan deg lḥeṛma d yizerfan , ɣur-sen leɛqel d tefrit, yessefk ad tili tegmat gar-asen.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights