Editing Berber languages (section)

== References ==
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<ref name="Brett">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Michael |last=Brett |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berber |encyclopedia=[[Britannica]].com |title=Berber |date=23 May 2023 |quote=By ''[the 14th century]'', however, the Berbers were in retreat, subjected to Arabization of two very different kinds. The predominance of written Arabic had ended the writing of Amazigh (Berber) languages in both the old Libyan and the new Arabic script, reducing its languages to folk languages. |trans-quote=In other words, Tamazight had earlier been the dominant spoken ''and'' written language of the Imazighen. |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801182132/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berber |url-status=live }}</ref>

<!--<ref name="Nalrc">{{cite web |url=https://nalrc.indiana.edu/doc/brochures/tamazight.pdf |website=National African Language Resource Center (NALRC), Indiana University |title=Tamazight (Berber) |quote=Berber is viewed by many as a derogatory term and Berbers therefore refer to themselves as Imazighen, or Amazigh in singular form, which means free men.}}</ref>  -->

<ref name="Peab">{{cite web |url=https://peabody.harvard.edu/galleries/imazighen-amazigh-aesthetics-symbology |publisher=Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, at Harvard |title=Imazighen – Amazigh Aesthetics & Symbology |quote=Amazigh arts, ''like the Tamazight language'', have coexisted with other North African forms of expression since pre-Islamic times. |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526090955/https://peabody.harvard.edu/galleries/imazighen-amazigh-aesthetics-symbology |url-status=live }} ''{{ea}}''</ref>
<ref name="Punic">See [[Libyco-Berber alphabet]], and [[Tifinagh]]: "The word tifinagh (singular tafinəq < *ta-finəɣ-t) is thought by some scholars to be a Berberized feminine plural cognate or adaptation of the Latin word 'Punicus', (meaning 'Punic' or 'Phoenician') through the Berber feminine prefix ti- and the root '''√'''FNƔ < *'''√'''PNQ < Latin Punicus; thus tifinagh could possibly mean 'the Phoenician (letters)' or 'the Punic letters'."<br>The adjective "Punic" commonly refers to [[Carthage]], destroyed by Rome at the end of the [[Punic Wars]], 146 BCE. In the usual theory, Carthaginians were western Phoenicians. But maybe not so much:<br>•&nbsp;{{cite journal |url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.13.483276v1.full.pdf |doi=10.1101/2022.03.13.483276 |first1=Hannah M. |last1=Moots |display-authors=etal |location=Stanford, California |website=Biorxiv.org |date=2022-03-13 |title=A Genetic History of Continuity and Mobility in the Iron Age Central Mediterranean |s2cid=247549249 |quote=The contribution of autochthonous North African populations in Carthaginian history is obscured by the use of terms like 'Western Phoenicians', and even to an extent, 'Punic', in the literature to refer to Carthaginians, as it implies a primarily colonial population and diminishes indigenous involvement in the Carthaginian Empire. As a result, the role of autochthonous populations has been largely overlooked in studies of Carthage and its empire. Genetic approaches are well suited to examine such assumptions, and here we show that North African populations contributed substantially to the genetic makeup of Carthaginian cities. |access-date=15 June 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613064838/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.13.483276v1.full.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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