Kabyle language

Spoken in

• Afro-Asiatic languages Berber languages Northern Berber languages Kabyle

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Kab

Kab

Kabyle ( proper name Taqbaylit ) is a spoken mainly in the north of Algeria Berber language.

Estimates of the number of speakers of Kabyle in Algeria vary between 2.5 and 6 million added speakers in the Algerian diaspora in Europe. The speakers of Kabyle are trilingual usually with Arabic and French. Kabyle in Algeria is now used as a spoken language authorities. The second national program of Radio Algeria is sent to Kabyle. Since the end of the 20th century, an independent literature developed. Traditional center of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia language.

Previously, the Arabic script was used, today the Latin alphabet is more common. In the 1970s, there were attempts to establish the Tifinagh script of Tamascheq, the Tuareg language.

Alpha-3 language code according to ISO 639 is kab.