Eastern Berber languages

Eastern Berber languages

Infobox Language family
name=Eastern Berber
region=Libya, Egypt
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Berber
child1=Siwi
child2=Awjila-Sokna group

The Eastern Berber languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Libya and Egypt. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.] Some linguists also include Ghadamès, and sometimes Nafusi, as well as the language of El-Fogaha in the Fezzan.

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90003 Ethnologue entry for Eastern Berber languages]

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