distribution. Their language, Kabyle (also called Zouaouah, or Zwāwah), is a Berber language of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Hamito-Semitic) family.

Is Kabyle Arabic?

The Kabyle ethnic group speak Kabyle, a Berber language of the Afro-Asiatic family. As second and third languages, many people speak Algerian Arabic, French and, to a lesser degree, English. During the first centuries of their history, Kabyles used the Tifinagh writing system.

Is Kabyle a dialect?

Many identify two dialects: Greater Kabylie (west) and Lesser Kabylie (east), but the reality is more complex than that, Kabyle dialects constitute a dialect continuum that can be divided into four main dialects (from west to east): Far-western: villages such as Tizi-Ghennif, Boghni and Draa el Mizan.