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]

References

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