An Overview of the Amazigh Languages (Berber)

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  • čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
  • Despite being one of my favorite language branches, not only in the Afro-Asiatic language family but in all the world languages as a whole, I have never talked about the Amazigh (or Berber) languages before on this channel. Today we will go through all the languages belonging to this branch, showing their positions within the Amazigh languages and examples of what they are like. Yalla!
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    Segments
    Intro - 00:00
    Classification - 01:11
    Amazigh or Berber? - 02:25
    Tuareg - 03:33
    Western Amazigh - 06:37
    Northern Amazigh - 09:20
    Eastern Amazigh - 13:51
    Outro - 18:51
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    Links
    Sample of Tarifit: • WIKITONGUES: Anass spe...
    Article "Ghost Languages?" on Eastern Amazigh: orientalberber.wordpress.com/...
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    Credits
    Graphics - Microsoft PowerPoint
    Recording - OBS Software
    Editing - Microsoft ClipChamp
    Research - me
    Music - www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ and bensound.com

Komentáře • 234

  • @CheLanguages
    @CheLanguages  Před rokem +23

    I apologize for the delay today, I had technical issues once again. Let me know which language is your favorite and what you would like me to talk about next time!

    • @QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123
      @QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123 Před rokem +1

      It's not a problem Che, the wait is always worth it

    • @QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123
      @QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123 Před rokem +3

      Zenaga is my favorite I think, I just wish we had a sample

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@Plopi96ILuvPigeons תודה רבה אחי. גם טלפון הנייד שלי וגם המחשב שלי הם בעברית, אני מאמין שזו דרך יעילה ללמוד שפה, לא רק עברית אלה כל שפות

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      @@QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123 yeah it's a shame I couldn't find a sample, I'd like to know what it sounds like myself

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@Plopi96ILuvPigeons אתה לומד רוסית? יש רוסים במשפחה שלך או משהו?

  • @morro400
    @morro400 Před rokem +64

    ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⵏⴽ ⴼ ⵍ ⴼⵉⴷⵢⵓ ⵢⴰⴷ ⵍⵉ ⵜⵙⴽⵔⵜ, ⴰⴳⵓⴷⵉ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ ⴳ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ ⵢⴰⵢⵜⵎⴰⵜⵏⵖ ⵓⴷⴰⵢⵏ ❤️Thank you for making this video about our language, all love from Morocco to our Jewish brothers. ❤️

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +19

      You are most welcome! To our Morrocan brothers 🇮🇱🤍🇲🇦

    • @ludicrous1337
      @ludicrous1337 Před rokem +4

      @@CheLanguages Are you jewish?

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +6

      @@ludicrous1337 yes

    • @ColonelSpirit
      @ColonelSpirit Před rokem

      ​@@CheLanguages we Amazigh do not approve of you Israelis and your war crimes!!!! 🇵🇸❤🇲🇦 free palestine

    • @Kaka003
      @Kaka003 Před 6 měsíci

      Is there a keyboard for amazigh letters ??

  • @israelilocal
    @israelilocal Před rokem +35

    my great grandpa spoke Tamazight/tashekhit (technially Judeo-Tamazight) he was from a small village just south of Sefrou

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +9

      That's awesome! Some of my gf's family are Moroccan Jews, though I don't think anyone in her family still speak Judeo-Amazigh today

    • @israelilocal
      @israelilocal Před rokem +7

      @@CheLanguages my father says that in the middle of speaking Moroccan arabic he would just randomly switch to Tamazight which no one understood

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +3

      @@israelilocal a lot of Moroccan Arabic (Darija) includes words from Tanazight and Tashelhit, but the core language is still very very different, so that makes sense

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +5

      Nice! Sefrou has a pretty interesting dialect of Tachelhit/Atlas Tamazight, there's a sound shift g->y so instead of Souss Tachelhit "mamenk tgit" you say "mamench tyit"

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +4

      @@spongeboblover7052 that's cool, I didn't come across that in my research!

  • @QuandaleDingleGoofyAhh123

    It's sad that some of these are understudied, they're super underrated!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      I agree. I wish I could have talked more about some of them

  • @lingking5882
    @lingking5882 Před rokem +14

    Thank you for covering this the most underappreciated branch of the Afro-Asiatic language!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +5

      No problem! This video has been a long time in the making and I hope you enjoyed it!

    • @joalvarado8506
      @joalvarado8506 Před rokem +1

      Chadic and Omotic easily have that title. Fun fact, the Amazigh branch is closely related to the Chadic one.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@joalvarado8506 that's a fair argument, I've never heard anyone really talk about Chadic or Omotic languages before

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol Před rokem +13

    Tifinagh surely is a script to behold, and should be learned and treated as a native African script!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      I agree completely! It's a beautiful and ingenious script of North Africa

    • @themoroccanball
      @themoroccanball Před měsícem +1

      It IS a native African script.

  • @SionTJobbins
    @SionTJobbins Před rokem +11

    Restaurant owner in Aberystwyth, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 was Amazigh speaker from Algeria, so spoke Amazigh, Arabic, French and English bit also some basic Welsh and saw parallels between the experience of Welsh and Amazigh.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      Do you know which Amazigh language? It's likely Kabyle but could be another one

    • @SionTJobbins
      @SionTJobbins Před rokem +3

      @@CheLanguages I'm guessing Kábule, he never specified (and I never asked). He actually asked if he spoke Berber, as I wasn't sure of what Amazigh was at the time and he said yes and said he saw many similarities in terms of minoritising both languages.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@SionTJobbins both languages? As in Welsh and Amazigh? I guess so because Welsh comes from a Germanic term meaning "foreign"

    • @SionTJobbins
      @SionTJobbins Před rokem +4

      @@CheLanguages yes, the way Welsh, like Amazigh, has been minoritised in its own land so that only a minority now speaks it. Welsh, like Amazigh was discriminated against.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +3

      @@SionTJobbins I couldn't agree more. Welsh is thankfully making a comeback in its own nation, hopefully the Amazigh languages will similarly become dominant in their countries again

  • @jonasbrown1
    @jonasbrown1 Před rokem +8

    i knew literally nothing about these languages this is amazing !

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      I hope you're learning a lot! Thank you for your comment and enjoy!

  • @gazoontight
    @gazoontight Před rokem +10

    Yet another great one! Keep making them. I have always been fascinated by Tuareg people and now their language.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      Languages*. I always thought they had one language, I didn't realize they actually have four until I researched for this video! I'm glad you enjoyed it as always and thank you for your comment!

  • @willvanhorn
    @willvanhorn Před rokem +4

    Thank you so much for making this video. I had previosuly searched for a comprehensive video on amazigh languages for a while and then this just came up on my recs recently. Really great video, thank you mate!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Thank you for your kind comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you got to learn more about the Amazigh languages

  • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewicz991

    Great video as always! Such underrated languages

  • @ColonelSpirit
    @ColonelSpirit Před rokem +3

    Salam! Even though we as peoples have many disagreements, i still appreciate this video, its not often that you see people speaking about the language of your ancestors, it warms the heart, thank you for this video! It was very informative aswell.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +4

      I am glad you enjoyed it. May the Imazighen rize and be proud of their languages!

  • @open_book1237
    @open_book1237 Před rokem +7

    Azul Brother, Great Video ! I wouldn't underestimate the number of Tarifiyt speaker. Tarifiyt speaker are very widely spread from the City of Nador to Hoceima, Tetouan and Tanger (especially rural areas). In between those big Rif Cities are many Villages that grew very very fast in the last decades and years and became bigger cities. So Riffian population is heavily growing. 1,3 Million is way to low because the government is not doing enough to research sadly. Also to mention Riffians are one of the biggest moroccan diaspora due to government supressing in the past, probably around 1 Million live in Europe (France, Netherlands, Belgium). If I would do an estimation it would be about at minimum 5 Million speaker. Despite that Riffians are a essential part of Amazigh Movement in Morocco (Hirak 2017) and have a huge Amazigh identity which they keep alive despite all the pressure. Thank u very much for your great work.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      I thank you for this comment. Despite the high number of speakers, there sadly wasn't a lot I could find in terms of texts. I didn't know they were ethnically cleansed though?

  • @just1frosty516
    @just1frosty516 Před rokem +3

    Great video as always, Morocco is always interesting to me cause of these languages

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Same! I've always had a fascination with Morocco, the Amazigh influence really makes it a unique place

  • @Bellasie1
    @Bellasie1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Very interesting, thank you!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 6 měsíci +2

      You're welcome!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 6 měsíci +2

      What was the most interesting in your opinion?

    • @Bellasie1
      @Bellasie1 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@CheLanguages I love that I could for the first time find a comprehensive explanation of the different groups of Amazigh languages, complete with the details of the languages each group includes, their number of speakers and their current status, with maps. I had also been trying to understand the confusing use of the word “Tamazight” and thanks to your video it is clear now. I’ve been researching about languages (for my own pleasure and knowledge, neither work nor study), in order to get the full picture of countries around the world, beyond the major languages we commonly know about. I already knew about the major Tamazight languages, especially Tuareg languages, Kabyle, Shilha/Chleuh and Riffian, but was a bit confused by what the term “Tamazight” really covered. I think your video has the perfect length and contents. Thank you again.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 6 měsíci

      @@Bellasie1 you're welcome! I'm glad my video was of help to you

  • @ok-sq5rg
    @ok-sq5rg Před 10 měsíci +1

    azul bro thanks for talking about us ❤ people need to know more about us and our history

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 10 měsíci +1

      You are welcome, I love the Amazigh languages and Imazighen. Which Amazigh group do you belong to?

    • @ok-sq5rg
      @ok-sq5rg Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@CheLanguages Irrifyen, btw keep up with the amazing content you're extremely underrated

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@ok-sq5rg Thank you, it means a lot! I wish you could have been here sooner to help me with the Riffian sample!

  • @JouMoeder13
    @JouMoeder13 Před rokem +2

    Another amazing video dude I think I'll learn one of the Tuareg amazigh languages if I can find resources lol also could you do cushitic languages on the upcoming videos I would love that dude

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      Good idea! Tawellemmet has 801,000 speakers so hopefully some resources would be available. If not, there's a lot for learning Tashelhit and Tamazight. As for Cushitic, given that the Afro-Asiatic language family is my favorite one, I definitely want to talk about more of their branches that aren't just Semitic or Egyptian!

  • @johnlastname8752
    @johnlastname8752 Před rokem +5

    Can really recommend the Tuareg band Tinariwen.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      Let me check them out, thank you for the recommendation!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Also do you know which Tuareg language they sing in?

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. Před rokem +1

      ​@Che Languages According to Wikipedia, their name comes from the Tamasheq language.
      BTW a cool channel Bandsplaining made a little documentary about them and similar bands - a whole Tuareg scene if you will. I think the title was something like "The best guitar music today comes from Sahara".
      Edit: It's actually "The Best Guitar Music Today Is Coming From The Sahara Desert". That channel also made more videos about this topic, and others about rock/pop music culture in other parts of Africa, Eastern Europe, etc.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@Artur_M. Ah Tamasheq, good to know. I still need to check them out. Thank you!

  • @user-vj6pe8ep2t
    @user-vj6pe8ep2t Před 9 měsíci +4

    Very informative video. I would just like to say that the current north african population hasn't changed much. It was more of a religious/language shift not genetic/cultural shift. Even our dialect is about 10-15% amazigh along with Spanish and French. We still eat berber food, wear berber attire and our architecture/way of living is still amazigh. My mom is 100 percent Moroccan and her dna results were 51% north african/39 percent Iberian/and the rest was Senaglese, Mali and the Middle East. Most North Africans would have similar results, depending on the region.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 6 měsíci +1

      It is true, the Maghreb was heavily Arabized but the ethnic composition of their population remained mostly Amazigh. This does depend however, as there are major cities in Morocco and Algeria where the population is Arab, whereas most rural regions retain higher Amazigh DNA. This being said, the culture may retain aspects of the former Amazigh culture, but sadly it has still been highly Arabized over history. It would be good to see Arabic ditched in favor of Amazigh languages in Morocco.

  • @HoosacValleyAhavah
    @HoosacValleyAhavah Před rokem +2

    Thank you

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      You are welcome, I hope you enjoy the video!

  • @mollof7893
    @mollof7893 Před rokem +5

    Why I like Berber? Because it's Amazingh!

  • @masea2
    @masea2 Před rokem +1

    Nice choice of music but please make it quieter.

  • @ThiccPhoenix
    @ThiccPhoenix Před rokem +2

    Do you write próximo, examen and texto as prócsimo, ecsamen and tecsto?

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      This about our conversation a few weeks ago about Jews not being able to write X because of the cross? The answer is, I don't take it seriously most of the time, but if I can help it, I'd rather not. At the end of the day, the cross has existed way longer than the religious symbol, and there is a difference between an X and a Christian cross.

    • @ThiccPhoenix
      @ThiccPhoenix Před rokem +2

      @@CheLanguagesOkay

  • @amghnasharon
    @amghnasharon Před 8 měsíci +2

    ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ thank you

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 7 měsíci

      You are welcome, I hope you enjoyed the video. Which Amazigh language do you use?

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Před rokem +1

    Amazing video!
    Pun intended. 😁

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      HAHA I see what you did there! When I was writing the script, Amazigh was autocorrected a few times

  • @MsAymantube
    @MsAymantube Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thanks for your video and effort. I´am Tarifit speaker I. the statistics about Tarifit number speakers showed in your video are outdated. I can assure you that there is at least 4 -6 million tarifit speaker distributed in Alhoceima-Nador-Driouch-Tetouan-Tangier provinces alongside diaspora in Europe.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      Very interesting, perhaps the surveys cannot get accurate numbers and just made an estimate.

    • @MsAymantube
      @MsAymantube Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@CheLanguages
      Yes beside it's 2004 survey but it's not your fault, research in Morocco is poor and not continuous updating.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      that's the thing with surveys, they're not always updated and sometimes I find some wildly different figures for speakers of a language@@MsAymantube

    • @MsAymantube
      @MsAymantube Před 5 měsíci

      @@CheLanguages
      Yes especially when natives are marginalized by the overdominant Arabo-Islamic culture. There is no real official interest in studying status neither promoting national identity. Despite fake image of make it official.

  • @noahschwartz1222
    @noahschwartz1222 Před rokem +5

    Judeo-Tamazight is one of the most based languages/creoles I've ever heard of. Thank you for this as a fan of learning about the Tuareg as their culture is the most visible in the western world and as a Jew who has always held massive respect to and had a ton of interest in the Amazigh peoples and their resistance to Arab colonial rule and the south saharan African nations and kingdoms that have ruled and continue to rule them. I never knew the difference between the term Berber and Amazigh nor the vile roots of the former so ty for including that!

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +3

      I'd like to make an entire video dedicated to Judeo-Amazigh after I learn more about it. And yeah, np about the Amazigh terminology, I'm glad you enjoyed the video about these inspiring people and their languages!

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +1

      I mean it's not really a creole, more of an accent, as in there are no grammatical or lexical differences

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      @@spongeboblover7052 I'm not aware of how it differs really, but I know it uses the Hebrew script and an increased number of Hebrew loanwords (obviously)

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages I've never met any judeoberber speaker but theres a stereotype here of them turning s to sh and emphatic z to english /j/, also they mention jewish saints known in the region in their expressions and even insults

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      @@spongeboblover7052 interesting, I've heard a similar stereotype exists in Judeo-Arabic, though I can't be certain. I'm a little confused on the last thing you said, we don't have saints. Do you mean well-known Rabbis?

  • @srg25008
    @srg25008 Před 24 dny

    It’s really unfortunate that you spend so less time with Zenata
    I was really interested in Tunisian Zenata and chenua

  • @Poultry499
    @Poultry499 Před měsícem +4

    I'm from Morocco 🇲🇦♓ and I speak tachlhit wich is dialect of Amazigh language. I really appreciate it thank you so much . Welcome to our Jews brothers to Morocco 🇲🇦❤️🇮🇱 ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ ⵓⴷⴰⵢⵏ ⵏⴰⵖ ⴷ ⴰⴷⵓⵔ ⵉⴳⴰⵄⴷ ⵔⴱⵉ ⴰⵄⵔⴰⴱⵏ ⵉⵊⴰⵏ .

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před měsícem +1

      I welcome the support! Thank you for your comment!

  • @kutaykalender2321
    @kutaykalender2321 Před měsícem

    where are shenwa, shawiya, djerba and zuwara?

  • @justaduck1664
    @justaduck1664 Před 10 měsíci +2

    every arabic languages are influnced heavily by the native languages that were spoken there before arabic

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 10 měsíci

      That is true, Lebanese dialect of Levantine has a lot of Aramaic (and to a lesser extent, Phoenician) influence, and Egyptian has some Coptic words and features in it

    • @justaduck1664
      @justaduck1664 Před 10 měsíci

      @@CheLanguages yeah like egyptian is just 7 langauges in a trench coat
      Which are arabic coptic greek turkish french english and some italian

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 10 měsíci

      @@justaduck1664 LOL, that beats English!

    • @justaduck1664
      @justaduck1664 Před 10 měsíci

      @@CheLanguages and we still somehow sound like a langauge and not a pile of rotten nucler waste like english

  • @yodesuyo
    @yodesuyo Před 10 měsíci +2

    Cool video. But It's a misconception that the amazighs were colonised by arabs for thousands of years. In Morocco the Arab Omeyyades were chased in 740 by Maysara Amdeghri after 30 year long war, and Arabs never came back to Morocco since. Since the 8th century Morocco built strong amazigh empires like the almoravids, the almohads, the marinids, the ssadis and so on. It's only after the french colonization when France put a minority of andalousians in power who discriminated against the amazighs and after 70 years of arabisation, millions of amazighs people identify now as arabs even though they're not... DNA studies prove that there are no arabs in north africa

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      It is true that the Maghreb remained majority native in DNA, but the culture has been sadly Arabized beyond repair. It will never return to what it was before

  • @mikado6407
    @mikado6407 Před rokem +2

    Berber is not derogatory and is used by many amazigh movements, and is even the root of the name of the berberist movement, by organisations like FFS (Front Des Forces Socialistes) that have represented us since the algerian revolution's end. It's a fine term, and as a Kabyle myself I preffer it's use to "Amazigh" in the case one cannot pronounce the name properly as a foreigner.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Other Imazighen I have spoken to would disagree. Maybe the term is used differently in Algeria

    • @mikado6407
      @mikado6407 Před rokem

      @@CheLanguages Perhaps

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      @@mikado6407 Also I think the use by organizations is because of it's use in the West (these are French-speaking organizations) such as the Academie Berbere. More-recent organizations like The Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (French: Institut royal de la culture amazighe) now use the name Amazigh

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +1

      "Barbar" in Arabic is considered very derogatory

    • @mikado6407
      @mikado6407 Před rokem +1

      @@spongeboblover7052 It does mean barbarian, but is also the historic exonym of the people in a lot of langages and historically was used neutrally; Ibn Khaldoun never made a judgement as to wether the "Barbar" way of life was good or bad for instance he just talked about them as is.
      If it was derogatory, there would not be TV channels (Berbére TV) and organisations (FFS, Berber Academy in Paris) and to name important events in the Berber history (The Berber Spring) with the name in it, as these organisations are all run or named by Berbers and for Berbers.

  • @BigScreamingBaby
    @BigScreamingBaby Před rokem +1

    Man what an Amazigh video 😀

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      And what an Amazigh comment! I'm glad to see you enjoyed the topic

    • @BigScreamingBaby
      @BigScreamingBaby Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages thanks it really was a good video I didn't know they had their own script and a sick looking one at that.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@BigScreamingBaby it is! Definitely in my top 5 favorite writing systems!

  • @theuniverse5173
    @theuniverse5173 Před rokem +2

    Hi

  • @ThiccPhoenix
    @ThiccPhoenix Před rokem +7

    6:35 Why can’t you write Jesus?

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +7

      Talmud - Sanhedrin 63b prevents us from saying the names of false gods and idols. Given that we do not believe J*sus to be the Mashiakh yet the Christians worship him, he is seen as an idol. I respect everyone's beliefs but I will not say the name

    • @ThiccPhoenix
      @ThiccPhoenix Před rokem +4

      @@CheLanguages I see

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +4

      @@ThiccPhoenix good

    • @TheFlappening
      @TheFlappening Před rokem +1

      ​@@CheLanguages Can I ask does that extend to other people named Jesus or just the false idol?

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@TheFlappening just the false idol. Obviously, the name is popular amongst the Hispanic community and we can say their names. Similarly, the "false god" in the Bible had a name identical to the Hebrew word for "master". The word is still used in Hebrew today, it can also mean "husband", "lord" and a whole number of things depending on context (the word is Ba'al). However, it is forbidden to say the name if you are referring to the false god of the Canaanites

  • @xZelt
    @xZelt Před měsícem +1

    12:50 , riffian is a "smaller" dialect? lmao

  • @alyaly2355
    @alyaly2355 Před rokem +1

    Bro I was just commenting about you when this video was uploaded. Anyways, amazing video as always. It’s clear that you’ve done your research. I haven’t test finished it, but I already love it.
    Also here’s a sample of Senhaja de Srair: czcams.com/video/WlqTafVa5pU/video.html

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      That's awesome! I hope it was something good you had to say LOL. Let me check out the video you sent me

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      What a beautiful language. I didn't think to check CZcams for samples, I was looking online for written samples. Thank you for sending me that

    • @alyaly2355
      @alyaly2355 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages Someone was mad that I replied to someone else with “🇵🇸” and asked me if I was the one who “kept spamming paleshtinian flags” on your channel.

    • @alyaly2355
      @alyaly2355 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages You’re welcome

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@alyaly2355 ah I see. Well I'd rather my comments not be political, same goes for both sides

  • @qpdb840
    @qpdb840 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I know someone from Maurautania who speaks Amezigh

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      That's cool. Which language exactly, do you know?

    • @qpdb840
      @qpdb840 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@CheLanguages Do you mean languages that I speak or which variant my friend speaks. For question one, I speak, English, French, Farsi, Azeri, a few words in southern Kurdish and how to say how are you in Qashqai

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      I meant the Amazigh variety your friend speaks. Also Azeri, that's cool@@qpdb840

    • @qpdb840
      @qpdb840 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@CheLanguages the one in Mauritania

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 5 měsíci

      that's awesome! Do you still have contact with him?@@qpdb840

  • @PecherGriffin
    @PecherGriffin Před rokem +1

    Why no Russian languages recently 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      Sorry Питер Грифин, maybe Russian next time!

  • @kostastsa
    @kostastsa Před rokem +1

    these are ancient greek letters berber alfabet..

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +2

      Amazigh script*
      Yes, they took letter from both Ancient Greek and Phoenician, who had many colonies across their coasts

  • @ZerMatrith
    @ZerMatrith Před rokem +2

    No maghreb arabic 😮
    This is north africa for berbers
    ⵜⵉⴼⴰⵡⵉⵏ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⴰⴷ ⵜⴳⴰ ⵜⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ⴰ ⵢⴳⴰⵏ ⵉⵎⵣⴷⴰⵖ ⵎ ⵜⴰⴼⵔⵉⵇⵜ ⵉⴼⵍⵍⴰ

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      This video is on Amazigh, so no Arabic here

    • @aknari
      @aknari Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@CheLanguages On the other hand, Tamazgha includes the Canary Is., on the West of Morocco, in the ocean, where another Amazigh language was spoken, (it's now extinct for some centuries --it's not clean since when--), which are not inside Maghreb. ⴰⴼⵉⴷⵢⵓ ⵉⴼⵓⵍⴽⵉ ;-)

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 11 měsíci

      @@aknari I've heard about that, it's not clear whether they were Imazighen but it's likely

  • @lhassanbouykiaoune3256
    @lhassanbouykiaoune3256 Před 9 měsíci +1

    שלום גדול ואהבה אמאציר ואנשים עבריים

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 9 měsíci

      מה זה אמאציר?

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 9 měsíci

      אם ניסית לכתוב את אנשי מרוקו, נראה לי שהכתיבה הנכונה היא אמאזיע' (אות ע אם גרש היא ע'ין, האות בערבית

  • @M.athematech
    @M.athematech Před rokem +1

    You are definitely pronouncing it as a velar fricative not uvular.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Oh well thank you! I wasn't sure I was getting it right

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages You pronounced it right and I'm amazigh, there is free variation in between speakers anyway

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      @@spongeboblover7052 Thank you! Which Amazigh language do you speak?

    • @spongeboblover7052
      @spongeboblover7052 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages I am a native speaker of Souss Tachelhit :) Law of numbers brought me here
      It's nice pointing out the mutual intelligibity between Tachelhit and other Middle Atlas dialects, the weird thing is that a lot of regions there call their lect Tachelhit, having a lot of friends that are speakers of dialects from there, I was surprised to learn that they're considered seperate languages

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@spongeboblover7052 That's just the Royal Academy of Amazigh Culture in Morocco, from what I can guess myself, they're all dialects of one language, all pretty close. I'm glad to see that you can confirm my hypothesis on this

  • @azathothog
    @azathothog Před 24 dny

    please veryone dont forget egypt is amazigh too

  • @bokasseloreos3169
    @bokasseloreos3169 Před rokem +2

    At 2:50, you claim that the word "Berber" was developed by the Arabs and that they used it in a derogatory manner towards amazigh people. It's not clear why you'd so blatantly lie when it's very well established that the word originates from ancient Greece and it was the Greeks who used it in a derogatory manner, not the Arabs.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +3

      The Ancient Greeks created the word Barbaroi (Barbarians), this word was adopted into Arabic and from there the word Berber originates. Yes, the etymology goes back to Ancient Greek, but the word Berber itself is directly from Arabic (via Greek)

    • @bokasseloreos3169
      @bokasseloreos3169 Před rokem +2

      Don't care about the forms of the word. The linkage of any of those words with barbaric behavior and the usage as an slur is 100% an ancient Greek thing. A European thing. Not Arab. Your video makes it seem that it was the Arabs that came up with connection and liked to use it as such.
      BTW I think the worst thing pre-modern Arabs had every said about non-Arabs is that they spoke gibberish. The word 'ajam literally means that. Nowadays it just means foreigner.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@bokasseloreos3169 again, the word originates from Ancient Greek, but it was taken into FuSha as the verb "barbar" and it was specifically the Arabs who used the term to refer to the Imazighen. The "Europeans" before referred to them as Moors, a term which would continue to be used for a long time in European languages. Moor is now archaic but sometimes "Moorish architecture" as a term can be heard. Moor is outdated, but not derogatory as it derives from the Latin name Mauritania (not to he confused with the modern country of the same name) which was a province around modern day Morocco and Algeria

  • @Sceptrumy
    @Sceptrumy Před 6 měsíci

    False information , there's approximate of 20 milion moroccan speaks amazigh .

  • @jeremias-serus
    @jeremias-serus Před rokem +1

    Obvious extreme anti-Christian bend is obvious.

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      From me? What did I do LOL

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      I've been accused of being anti-Muslim a lot, but anti-Christian? That's new

    • @theidioticbgilson1466
      @theidioticbgilson1466 Před rokem +1

      so being anti christian is when you're just not christian now??

  • @nqssimo
    @nqssimo Před 15 dny

    FREE PALESTINE

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před 15 dny +1

      If it's free, I'll take it 🇮🇱

    • @nqssimo
      @nqssimo Před 14 dny

      @@CheLanguages the history tells everything . you are a virus in this world remember

    • @nqssimo
      @nqssimo Před 13 dny

      @@CheLanguages i will let the history talk bro

  • @xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu
    @xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu Před rokem +1

    Not too happy about the New Testament? A little racist aren't we? If a Christian said that about Jewish scripture, you'd be offended. Give others the decency that you expect for yourself. 👍

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      1. That is not racist, Christianity (unlike Judaism) is not a cultural and/or ethnic group, it is a religion that you can choose.
      2. It is forbidden by my religion to say the name of false idols, thus I have to blur out the name of the Christian's prophet. That is part of my belief.
      3. This is a Jewish-run channel at the end of the day and if you are offended by customs that relate to my religion/cultural identity, you can choose not to watch my videos.
      This was not intended to be an insult to the Christian faith or to Christians, but I am not meant to quote false scriptures and I was uncomfortable about including the sample, but did not really have a choice and I wanted to provide my viewers with something. The warning was intended for my Jewish viewers who might similarly be uncomfortable with this.

    • @xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu
      @xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu Před rokem +1

      @Che Languages Christianity and Judaism are sister religions. The Judaism you practice is from after Jesus was crucified by nonbelievers, not from Moses' time. In many religions, believers literally believe their scripture is from a god. For someone who claims to like languages, you know Hebrew wasn't unique and didn't come from a fire burning bush on Mount Sinai. And that the beliefs of the Hebrews that became Judaism came from earlier Semitic people's and Zoroastrian Iranic beliefs. So, stating that another's religious messiah is false is discriminatory. If your channel is Jewish, as you say, you should put that on the title. Specifically, say your channel is exclusively for Jews and not for gentiles. But since it's CZcams, you will transmit to a greater audience. I watched your videos in spite of your lazy speaking tone because it had interesting information. But the moment you belittle another's religion, you cross the line. Christianity is indigenous to Canaan/Holy Land and should be respected by the current occupants, aka Israel and Israelis. If someone says similar things about the Old Testament and calls your claims false you will view it as racist and antisemitism but when you do exactly that to others you hide behind the cloak of your "beliefs". Grow up and mature. ✝️✡️☪️

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +3

    Once upon a time, my English teacher was a Kabyle from Algeria🥲

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem

      That's awesome! Did they ever teach you any Kabyle?

    • @papazataklaattiranimam
      @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +4

      @@CheLanguages he never did but he knew 7 languages (Kabyle, French, MSA, Algerian Arabic, English, Spanish and Turkish)

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@papazataklaattiranimam that's very impressive! Glad to see you distinguish MSA and Algerian Arabic as different languages

  • @frasenp8411
    @frasenp8411 Před rokem +3

    I was once in a Amazigh WhatsApp group 👀 Although they mostly used the Arabic script and also the Tifinagh. I learned ⴰⵣⵓⵍ 😎

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      Awesome! Which Amazigh language was the group in?

    • @frasenp8411
      @frasenp8411 Před rokem +1

      @@CheLanguages It was kind of a umbrella group for all tamazigh varieties 👀

    • @CheLanguages
      @CheLanguages  Před rokem +1

      @@frasenp8411 ah that's cool