" to make soft "
#Tamajeq : issəlmaḍ
#Tamazight: issilwiɣ
#Tetserret : iššǝḷwa
#Zenaga : yažgaygam
Correspondence
Meaning : Softness
#Tamajeq : Tǝlmǝḍe
#Tamazight : Taluɣi
#Tetserret : Taḷwa
Correspondence
Meaning : i love , i want
#Ghadames : briɛ
#Tamasheq : arheɣ
#Tamajeq : areɣ
#Tamazight : riɣ
#Tetserret : arak
#Old-saharan : hrɣ ?
Zoom out with us from North Africa as @ouldsahra.bsky.social tells us about authoritarianism, language, and processes of asserting control.
#monolingualism #polyglot #linguistics #amazigh #tamazight #northafrica
Correspondence
#Tamazight :
- yaksul = it's equal
- iksil = equality
- siksl = to make equal
#Tetserret :
- ikšal = it resembles
- tǝkšalt = resemblance
- šǝkšel = to make resemble
What language(s) do Imazighen speak? How have they evolved and how should they continue to evolve in the age of nationalisms in North Africa?
#amazigh #imazighen #tamazight #northafrica #swana #oxfordswana #elguabli #morocco #algeria #libya #egypt
" Fasting "
#Tamazight : uẓum
#Tamajeq : əẓum
#Tadaksahak : awṣum
#Tetserret : awṣəm
Who are the Imazighen and where is Temazgha? Join us for our new episode and listen to Brahim El Guabli explain the history, culture, and times of North Africa's indigenous people.
#amazigh #elguabli #morocco #algeria #tunisia #africa #tamazight #temazgha
Qué es Hita manira cura, el antiguo rezo canario por la lluvia #Canarias #GranCanaria #Guanche #Historia #Patrimonio #CasaDeColón #ProyectoTarha #Tamazight #Amazigh #Lluvia #Etnografía #Archivo #19dediciembre #felizviernes donporque.com/que-es-hita-...
Beige cotton crew neck t-shirt with a colorful text pattern forming a word search puzzle related to 'Love' in various African languages.
This tshirt features a partly-solved WORD SEARCH PUZZLE for “Love” in 12 different languages. There are 7 other unmarked/unsolved languages within including an easter egg 😉
#Afronalia #africanlanguages #Love #Yorùbá #Tamazight #isiZulu #seSotho #Oromo #Éʋe #KiSwahili #Bambara #blacksky #langsky
Correspondence
Meaning : This
#Tamajeq : Awa
#Tamazight : Aya
#Tetserret : Aya
Amazigh root : GM
Meaning : to grow up
#Mzab : ǧem
#Ghadames : eǧm
#Tamazight : gem
#Tetserret : egm
#Zenaga : agmi
This word is surprisingly attested in Tetserret but not in Tamajeq which has another word 'ǝdwǝl'
Amazigh word
Meaning : rest, resting
#Kabyle : asgunfu
#Wargla : asgenfu
#Tamazight : asgunfa
#Zenaga : a'škǝnfih
#Tetserret : šakanfa
#Tamajeq : tasaṇfot
I am the only one who worries
that my language is hanged,
ropes around its neck?
My tongue is worthless.
Though it speaks
among the deaf, it does wear out.
Ali Sadqi Azaykou (d. 2004)
See #tamazight transliterated into #arabic below
#amazigh #poetrysky #ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ #NorthAfrica #Tamaziɣt #poem
🎭Llega a la Fundación Euroárabe la representación teatral amazigh de «El cartero de Neruda»
🗓️ Jueves, 5 de junio
🕕 18:00
📍 En @fundeuroarabe.bsky.social (Granada)
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#TeatroAmazigh #Cultura #ElCarteroDeNeruda #YubaOuberka #Marruecos #tamazight
Correspondence
#Tamajeq : Anwar
#Tetserret : Agawšal
Meaning : Kind of milk bag
All these words have cognat in other Amazigh languages :
#Tamazight : Tagnart
#Tachelhit : Tageššult
Taginaste, tajora, abalo, alfife… tant de noms de plantes des #Canaries sont d’origine #amazighe !
30 n lismawen n iɣemmayen s tmaziɣt i ittwaḥerzen g tespenyult n teknariyan
#canarias #guanches #tamazight #botanique #tamazgha
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A bit of news!
My translation from #Tamazight of Azergui's "Aghrum n Yihaqqarn", under contract with Georgetown U Press, to be published in their new "Amazigh Studies Series", Spring 2026!!
An early version of a short extract is available on @wwborders.bsky.social here:
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#Tamazight transliteration of Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince: ⴰⴳⵍⴷⵓⵏ ⴰⵎⵥⵥⴰⵏ / agldun amẓẓan www.translitteration.com/transliterat...
Translittération du #tamazight, Le Petit Prince de Saint-Exupéry : ⴰⴳⵍⴷⵓⵏ ⴰⵎⵥⵥⴰⵏ / agldun amẓẓan www.translitteration.com/translittera...