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 (extinct)
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^[3]

Percent of Central Tamazight speakers (use in everyday's communication) in 2004^[3]

References

1. Maarten Kossmann, "Berber subclassification (preliminary version)", Leiden (2011)
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".