Research Guide of Selected African Languages: North Africa

Tamazight 

This is an Amazigh (Berber) language spoken by ethnic Imazighen in Algeria within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Amazigh woman from Aurés Montains , Algeria

Sources:

Algeria - Arabic, Berber, French | Britannica

Tamazight language | Britannica

https://www.arabamerica.com/etymological-exploration-the-indigenous-language-of-north-africa-tamazight/

Amazigh Language(s)

These are languages spoken by the ethnic Imazighen, indigenous to North Africa. It is within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Domari

This is a language spoken by the Dom people within the Indo-European family of languages.

Sources:

Libya - Berbers, Arabs, Tuareg | Britannica 

Tamazight language | Britannica

Domari language, alphabet and pronunciation (omniglot.com)

Amazigh Language(s)

These are languages spoken by small groups in Southern Tunisia. It is within the Afro-Asiatic family of language

Sources:

Tunisia - Arabic, French, Berber | Britannica

Bedawi

This is a language widely spoken by the Beja people of Sudan. It is within the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Beja tribe warriors with their swords, Red Sea State, Port Sudan, Sudan

Nubian Language(s)

These are languages spoken in Sudan within the Nilo-Saharan family of languages.

Zaghawa

This is a language spoken by the Beri people of Sudan. It is within the Eastern Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages.

Fur Language(s)

These are languages spoken by the ethnic Fur people inhabiting Western Sudan, particularly concentrated in the Darfur regions. It is within the Nilo-Saharan family of languages.

Fur people from Darfur

Dinka

This is a multidialectal language spoken by the Dinka people of Southern Sudan. It is within the Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages.

Kordofanian Language(s)

These are languages spoken primarily by inhabitants of the Nuba Mountains of Southern Sudan. It is within the Niger-Congo family of languages.

Sources:

Sudan - Wildlife, Deserts, Savannahs | Britannica

Beja alphabet, pronunciation and language (omniglot.com)

Nubian languages | Ancient African Dialects | Britannica

AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Zaghawa people

Fur languages | Fur languages | African, Nilo-Saharan, Chadic | Britannica

Dinka language, alphabet and pronunciation (omniglot.com)

Kordofanian | The Oxford Handbook of African Languages | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Kordofanian languages | Kordofanian, Niger-Congo, Chadic | Britannica

Bedawi

This is a language spoken by the Beja people who inhabit the southern section of the Egyptian Eastern Desert. It is within the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Beja People are one of the living descendants of Ancient Egypt

Tigré 

This is a language spoken by Beja people within the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Amazigh Language(s)

These are languages spoken by the ethnic Imazighen, indigenous to North Africa. It is within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Eastern Sudanic Language(s)

These are languages spoken by Nubians of Southern Egypt. It is within the Nilo-Saharan family of languages.

Sources:

Egypt - Arabic, Coptic, Nubian | Britannica

Beja | Nomadic, East Africa, Cushitic | Britannica

Beja alphabet, pronunciation and language (omniglot.com) 

Tigré language | Eritrean, Semitic, Afro-Asiatic | Britannica 

Tigre alphabet and pronunciation (omniglot.com)

AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Beja people 

Berber - New World Encyclopedia

Eastern Sudanic | The Oxford Handbook of African Languages | Oxford Academic (oup.com) 

Eastern Sudanic languages | Cushitic, Nilotic & Nubian | Britannica 

Tamazight

This is an Amazigh (Berber) language spoken as an official language of Morocco. It is within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages.

Sources:

Morocco - Mediterranean, Arid, Temperate | Britannica

Etymological Exploration: The Indigenous Language of North Africa, Tamazight (arabamerica.com)