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=== Other countries === As of 1998, there were an estimated 450,000 [[Tawellemmet language|Tawellemmet]] speakers, 250,000 [[Air Tamajeq language|Air Tamajeq]] speakers, and 20,000 Tamahaq speakers in [[Niger]].<ref name="Ethnologue-2022c">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=233 |chapter=Niger |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2018 and 2014 respectively, there were an estimated 420,000 speakers of Tawellemmet and 378,000 of Tamasheq in [[Mali]].<ref name="Ethnologue-2022c" /><ref name="Ethnologue-2022e">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=220 |chapter=Mali |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2022, based on figures from 2020, [[Ethnologue]] estimates there to be 285,890 speakers of Berber languages in [[Libya]]: 247,000 speakers of [[Nafusi language|Nafusi]], 22,800 speakers of Tamahaq, 13,400 speakers of [[Ghadamès language|Ghadamés]], and 2,690 speakers of [[Awjila language|Awjila]]. The number of [[Siwi language|Siwi]] speakers in Libya is listed as negligible, and the last [[Sokna language|Sokna]] speaker is thought to have died in the 1950s.<ref name="Ethnologue-2022f">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=208–210 |chapter=Libya |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are an estimated 50,000 [[Jerba Berber|Djerbi]] speakers in [[Tunisia]], based on figures from 2004. [[Sened language|Sened]] is likely extinct, with the last speaker having died in the 1970s. Ghadamés, though not indigenous to Tunisia, is estimated to have 3,100 speakers throughout the country.<ref name="Ethnologue-2022g">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=322 |chapter=Tunisia |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chenini is one of the rare remaining Berber-speaking villages in Tunisia.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Stone |first1=Russell A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDq4YV0VT00C&q=Berber-speaking+migrant+communities&pg=PA109 |title=Change in Tunisia: Studies in the Social Sciences |last2=Simmons |first2=John |date=1976 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9780873953115 |language=en |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526084305/https://books.google.com/books?id=QDq4YV0VT00C&q=Berber-speaking+migrant+communities&pg=PA109#v=snippet&q=Berber-speaking%20migrant%20communities&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> There are an estimated 20,000 Siwi speakers in [[Egypt]], based on figures from 2013.<ref name="Ethnologue-2022h">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=160 |chapter=Egypt |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2018 and 2017 respectively, there were an estimated 200 speakers of [[Zenaga language|Zenaga]] and 117,000 of [[Tamasheq language|Tamasheq]] in [[Mauritania]].<ref name="Ethnologue-2022i">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=221 |chapter=Mauritania |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2009, there were an estimated 122,000 Tamasheq speakers in Burkina Faso.<ref name="Ethnologue-2022j">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=77 |chapter=Burkina Faso |oclc=1315489099 |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526083238/https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315489099 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are an estimated 1.5 million speakers of various Berber languages in France.<ref name="Ethnologue-2022k">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=363 |chapter=France |oclc=1315489099}}</ref> A small number of Tawellemmet speakers live in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1315489099 |publisher=SIL International Publications |title=Ethnologue. Languages of Africa and Europe |date=2022 |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Eberhard |editor-first2=Gary F. |editor-last2=Simons |editor-first3=Charles D. |editor-last3=Fennig |isbn=978-1-55671-502-0 |edition=Twenty-fifth |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=267 |chapter=Nigeria |oclc=1315489099}}</ref> In total, there are an estimated 3.6 million speakers of Berber languages in countries outside of Morocco and Algeria, summarized as follows: {| class="wikitable" |+ Estimated number of speakers of Berber languages in various countries ! Total ! Niger ! Mali ! Libya ! Tunisia ! Egypt ! Mauritania ! Burkina Faso ! France |- |3,577,300 |720,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022c" /> |798,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022e" /> |247,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022f" /> |53,100<ref name="Ethnologue-2022g" /> |20,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022h" /> |117,200<ref name="Ethnologue-2022i" /> |122,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022j" /> |1,500,000<ref name="Ethnologue-2022k" /> |}
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