Kabyle Language

Kabyle Language

Kabyle (/kəˈbaɪl/ or /kəˈbaɪliən/) (Kabyle: Taqbaylit, ) is a Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria. It is spoken primarily in Kabylie, east of Algiers, but also by various groups near Blida, such as the Beni Salah and Beni Bou Yaqob(extinct?). Estimates about the number of speakers range from 5 million to about 7 million speakers (INALCO) worldwide, the majority in Algeria.

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