Atlas languages explained

Atlas languages
Also Known As:	Masmuda
Region:	Atlas Mountains, Souss
Familycolor:	Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Berber
Fam3:	Northern Berber
Child1:	Shilha
Child2:	Central Atlas Tamazight
Child3:	Senhaja de Srair
Child4:	Ghomara
Child5:	Lisan al-Gharbi
Glotto:	atla1275
Glottorefname:	Atlas Berber

The Atlas languages are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language spoken by perhaps 14 million people; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture. They are:^{[1] [2]}

• Central Atlas Tamazight (Central Atlas Berber), spoken in the central Atlas Mountains
• Shilha (Tashelhiyt; also rendered Tachelhit, Tasusit; includes Judeo-Berber and perhaps the extinct Lisan al-Gharbi), spoken in southern Morocco
• Sanhaja de Srair, spoken in the southern part of the Rif
• Ghomara, spoken in the western part of the Rif
• Lisan al-Gharbi, formerly spoken in western Morocco.

References

1. Web site: Hammarström. Harald. Forke. Robert. Haspelmath. Martin. Bank. Sebastian. 2020. Atlas Berber. Glottolog 4.3.
2. [Maarten Kossmann]