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The Berber languages are a group of closely related languages spoken in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, as well as by Berber communities in parts of Niger and Mali. A relatively sparse population extends into the whole Sahara and the northern part of the Sahel. They belong to the Afro-Asiatic languages phylum. There is a movement among speakers of the closely related northern Berber languages to unite them into a single standard. The name Tamazight, which traditionally referred specifically to Central Morocco Tamazight, is being increasingly used for this standard Berber, or even for Berber as a whole, but usage is not consistent, and many Berber do not identify themselves as Tamazight.

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