Atlas languages

Atlas languages
Masmuda
Geographic distribution	Atlas Mountains, Souss
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Atlas languages
Subdivisions	Shilha Central Atlas Tamazight Senhaja de Srair Ghomara [1] Lisan al-Gharbi †
Language codes
Glottolog	atla1275

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: ^{[2] [1]}

• 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.

Percent of Tashelhit speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004

Percent of Central Tamazight speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004

References

1. Kossmann, Maarten (2020-05-07), Vossen, Rainer; Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. (eds.), "Berber", The Oxford Handbook of African Languages (1 ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 281–289, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199609895.013.37, hdl: 1887/3220746 , ISBN   978-0-19-960989-5 , retrieved 2025-05-26
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Atlas Berber". Glottolog 4.3.
3. Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004".