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Berber

DEFINITIONS OF: Berber

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n a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa

Types:
Almoravid
a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain
Riff, Riffian
a Berber living in northern Morocco
Type of:
African
a native or inhabitant of Africa

n a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco

Types:
Tuareg
the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg
Type of:
Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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