Wikipedia's first sentence called it “collective term given to the hebrew -influenced berber varieties spoken by some north africans jews”. Today it says “language and dialects formed in berber jewish communities of central and southern morocco where berber dialects”.
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Its SIL code is JBE . There are about 2,000 speakers, who also use Judeo-Arabic .1
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Judeo-Berber is a term used primarily for the Berber varieties traditionally spoken by the Jewish communities of certain parts of central and southern Morocco .While mutually comprehensible with the Tamazight spoken by most inhabitants of the area (Galand-Pernet et al. 1970:14), these dialects are distinguished by the use of Hebrew loanwords and the pronunciation of š as s (as in many Jewish Moroccan Arabic dialects).
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Judeo-Berber ( , ) is a term used primarily for the Berber varieties traditionally spoken by the Jewish communities of certain parts of central and southern Morocco . Speakers emigrated to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. While mutually comprehensible with the Tamazight spoken by most inhabitants of the area (Galand-Pernet et al. 1970:14), these dialects are distinguished by the use of Hebrew loanwords and the pronunciation of š as s (as in many Jewish Moroccan Arabic dialects). Judeo-Berber at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Judeo-Berber ( tamazight n wudayn , berberit yehudit) is any of several hybrid Berber varieties traditionally spoken as a second language in Berber Jewish communities of central and southern Morocco , and perhaps earlier in Algeria.Judeo-Berber is (or was) a contact language ; the first language of speakers was Judeo-Arabic .(There were also Jews who spoke Berber as their first language, but not a distinct Jewish variety.) Speakers emigrated to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. While mutually comprehensible with the Tamazight spoken by most inhabitants of the area (Galand-Pernet et al. 1970:14), these varieties are distinguished by the use of Hebrew loanwords and the pronunciation of š as s (as in many Jewish Moroccan Arabic dialects). Chetrit (2016) "Jewish Berber", in Kahn & Rubin (eds.) Handbook of Jewish Languages , Brill Judeo-Berber at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Group of Berber-language varieties Judeo-Berber or Judeo-Amazigh ( tamazight n wudayen , berberit yehudit) is any of several hybrid Berber varieties traditionally spoken as a second language in Berber Jewish communities of central and southern Morocco , and perhaps earlier in Algeria. Judeo-Berber is (or was) a contact language ; the first language of speakers was Judeo-Arabic . (There were also Jews who spoke Berber as their first language, but not a distinct Jewish variety.) Speakers immigrated to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. While mutually comprehensible with the Tamazight spoken by most inhabitants of the area (Galand-Pernet et al. 1970:14), these varieties are distinguished by the use of Hebrew loanwords and the pronunciation of š as s (as in many Jewish Moroccan Arabic dialects). Chetrit (2016) "Jewish Berber", in Kahn & Rubin (eds.) Handbook of Jewish Languages , Brill Judeo-Berber at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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Group of Berber-language varieties Judeo-Berber also known as Judeo-Amazigh , Judeo-Tamazight , and Jewish Amazigh ( Berber languages : ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵏ ⵡⵓⴷⴰⵢⵏ tamazight n wudayen , Hebrew : ברברית יהודית berberit yehudit) is any of several hybrid Berber dialects traditionally spoken as a second language in Berber Jewish communities of central and southern Morocco , and perhaps earlier in Algeria.Judeo-Berber is a contact language ; the first language of speakers was Judeo-Arabic . Speakers immigrated to Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. While mutually comprehensible with the Tamazight spoken by most inhabitants of the area (Galand-Pernet et al. 1970:14), these varieties are distinguished by the use of Hebrew loanwords and the pronunciation of š as s , opposed to what is seen in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic . Chetrit (2016) "Jewish Berber", in Kahn & Rubin (eds.) Handbook of Jewish Languages , Brill
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “collective term given to the hebrew -influenced berber varieties spoken by some north africans jews”. Today it says “language and dialects formed in berber jewish communities of central and southern morocco where berber dialects”. Read the current article and compare.
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collective term given to the hebrew -influenced berber varieties spoken by some north africans jews
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language and dialects formed in berber jewish communities of central and southern morocco where berber dialects
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