Berber
         
         
         
            - The Berber or Amazigh peoples
            live in Northern Africa throughout the Mediterranian
            coast, the Sahara and Sahel. Before the arrival of Arabs,
            this was a Berber world. The Amazigh territory, this
            broad homeland, is also referred as Tamazgha. Nowadays,
            there are great groups in Morocco (as well as in Ceuta and
            Melilla) and
            Algeria, important communitites in Mali, Niger
            and Lybia, and smaller groups in Tunis, Mauritania,
            Burkina-Faso and Egypt (Siwa oasis). The Tuareg or
            Imajaghen of the desert are one branch of the Amazigh.
            There may be around 20 million speakers of Tamazight or
            Berber, a broad group of dialects or languages, that can
            be considered in an unitary way. But no country does
            recognise this indigenous language. Islamic states north
            of the Sahara are considered Arab and only Arab. This
            idea is extended among many Amazigh as well, who consider
            themselves to be "Arabs", although ethnic consciousness
            is also high among many.
         
  
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         Tamazight
         
         
         
            - Berbereak, Amazigh herria, Ipar
            Afrikako (Mediterranioko kostaldeko, Saharako eta
            Saheleko parte handi bateko) benetako jatorrizko
            biztanleak dira. Arabiarrak iritsi aurretik, hau mundu
            Berberea zen, eurek Tamazgha deitzen duten lurraldea.
            Gaur egunean, talde handiak bizi dira Aljerian eta Marokon (baita Ceuta eta
            Melillan), apur bat
            txikiagoak Mali, Niger eta Libian eta talde bakanagoak
            Tunisia, Mauritania, Burkina-Faso eta Egipton (Siwa
            oasian). Basamortuko Tuareg edo Imajaghen herria Amazigh
            munduko adar bat gehiago dira. Berbereen Tamazight
            hizkuntzak 20 milioi hiztun ere izan ditzake, mintzaira
            multzo zabal batean, nahiz eta batasun baten parte direla
            esan daitekeen. Hizkuntza honek ez du ezagupen ofizialik
            inon: herrialde hauetarik gehienak Arabiarrak omen dira,
            eta kitto. Zapalkuntzaren aitzakia edo gezur hau Berbere
            askoren artean ere zabaldu da, beren burua "Arabiartzat"
            jotzen baitute.
         
  
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