Atlas languages

Atlas languages
Atlas languages
Masmuda
Geographic
distribution:
Atlas Mountains, Souss
Linguistic classification: Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:

The Atlas languages, or more exactly Moroccan Atlas, also Masmuda, are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture. They are,

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Atlas (disambiguation) — Most things with a name that includes the term Atlas stem directly or indirectly from the mythological character AtlasAtlas may also refer to: Greek mythology * Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely… …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Canada — Languages of Canada[1] Official language(s) English (58%) and French (22%) Indigenous language(s) Abenaki, A …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Italy — Dialects of Italy redirects here. For dialects of the Italian language, see Italian dialects. Languages of Italy Languages of Italy by groups[1 …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Texas — Of the languages spoken in Texas none has been de jure designated the official language, although it is largely monolingual with English being the de facto main language. Throughout Texas history English, Spanish, and French have all been the… …   Wikipedia

  • Atlas Mountains — For other uses, see Mount Atlas. Atlas Mountains Range Toubkal Mountain in Toubkal National Park in the High Atlas …   Wikipedia

  • Atlas (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. / æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia [Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke i.2.3.] or Klyménē (Κλυμένη): [Hesiod ( Theogony …   Wikipedia

  • Atlas — An atlas is a collection of maps, typically of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites) in the solar system. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in… …   Wikipedia

  • Languages of Nigeria — Linguistic map of Nigeria, Cameroon, and Benin …   Wikipedia

  • Atlas Mountains — a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 ft. (4500 m). * * * Mountain system, northwestern Africa. It extends some 1,200 mi (2,000 km) from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the… …   Universalium

  • Languages of the Caucasus — The languages of the Caucasus are a large and extremely varied array of languages spoken by more than ten million people in and around the Caucasus Mountains, which lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Linguistic comparison allows these …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”