ISO 639-3 · kabkab
Afroasiatic family
Kabyle
taqbaylit
Kabyle is a language of the Northern Berber languages branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Algeria. Wikidata counts about 5.6 m speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Berber language spoken by the Kabyle people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kab- Glottocode
kaby1243- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 36.67, 5.00
- Wikipedia
- 61 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kabyle · taqbaylit |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kabylian, Kabyle language, Taqbaylit |
| All speakers | 5,586,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Kabyle
The branches above Kabyle, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Algeria
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