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The Northern Berber languages
The Northern Berber languages are a group of closely related dialects spoken primarily across the Maghreb region of North Africa. These languages belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family. The Northern Berber languages are distinguished by a variety of regional dialects, which have been influenced by historical and sociocultural factors, including the spread of Arabic and the influence of neighboring Berber groups such as the Zenati. These languages exhibit both similarities and differences, which have led to debates about whether they should be classified as separate languages or dialects of a single Berber language. The Northern Berber group is traditionally divided into three main subgroups: the Moroccan…