| Hebilean | |
|---|---|
|
Taheblit ⵜⴰⵀⴻⴱⵍⵉⵜ | |
| Native to | Cildania |
| Ethnicity | Hebilean people |
| Native speakers | 4 million (5333) |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Tafejrit script |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hbl |
The Hebilean languages ( (ⵜⴰⵀⴻⴱⵍⵉⵜ, Taheblit) are a branch of the Khamatic language family spoken natively by approximately 4 million people in Cildania. The Hebilean languages are principally spoken by the Hebilean people although a significant minority of contemporary Hebilean people do not natively speak any Hebilean language.
Overview[]
The Tafejrit alphabet
Most speakers of Hebilean are found in the province of Hebilon, however there are pockets of Hebilean speakers throughout the island. Most Hebileans are bilingual with Cildanian, and many ethnic Hebileans are not fluent in Hebilean, speaking Cildanian exclusively. Hebilean is written in its own native alphabet, called the Tafejrit alphabet, derived from the Qedarite (Phoenician) script, but it is also frequently written in the Cildanian (Hebrew) script. There is a standard version of Hebilean, called Standard Taheblit, intended to serve as the common language of the Hebilean people. In the past Hebilean witnessed persecution, with the languages and the Tafejrit alphabet being banned, especially during the Qedarite Republic.[1][2][3]
Distribution[]
Central
Herdas
Central
South Jilrit
Dziri
Eastern
Tanegzart
Kirs
Reqsahet
Kinaanic
Kinaan
OOC[]
Hebilean languages are Berber languages. Standard Taheblit is Standard Tamazight. The Tafejrit alphabet is the Tifinagh alphabet.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.amawal.net/ Berber-English-French-Arabic-Spanish dictionary
- ↑ http://kab.wikipedia.org Kabyle language edition of Wikipedia
- ↑ http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tzm/%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%99%E2%B5%8F%E2%B5%93%E2%B4%B1%E2%B4%B3 Standard Tamazigh language test at Wikipedia Incubator