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The Amazigh (Berber) languages (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family and spoken by the Amazigh (Berber) people, who are indigenous to North Africa. The largest Amazigh speaking populations are in Morocco, Algeria and Libya. There are also smaller communities in Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. It has official status in both Algeria and Morocco. Historically, the ancient Libyco-Berber script was used in order to write the language. Today it is still widely used in the form of the Tifinagh script. In addition to the dialects present today, there were a number of others which have gone extinct. For instance, Amazigh languages were historically spoken in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan. The overwhelming majority of the Amazigh speakers today speak one of the seven varieties, which are Shilha (Tashelhiyt), Kabyle (Taqbaylit), Central Atlas Tamazight (Tamaziɣt), Ri
