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BERBER-SPEAKER [2 records]

Record 1 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
CONT

The Berber-speaking peoples of North Africa ... form a relatively homogeneous racial, cultural, and linguistic group ...

OBS

Berber: Any of a Moslem people in northern Africa.

Key term(s)
  • Berber speaker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Qui parle la langue berbère.

CONT

[...] aujourd'hui lorsqu'on parle des Berbères on désigne en fait les populations berbérophones.

OBS

berbère : La langue la plus ancienne en Afrique du Nord, parlée par les Berbères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
CONT

The Berber language area is not a continuous one; it is characterized by small enclaves of Berber speakers often living in relatively isolated communities.

OBS

Berber: any of a Moslem people living in northern Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Qui parle la langue berbère.

CONT

Au Maroc, la proportion de berbérophones serait de l'ordre de 40 p. 100.

Spanish

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