Beschreibung:
<jats:p>In the vast territories of Northwest Africa, there are some remarkable islets of the aboriginal <jats:italic>Berber</jats:italic> civilization, notably in Morocco, where the Berbers form approximately 45 per cent, of the population, and in Algiers, where they reach some 30 per cent. In addition, one can meet them in the Kabylie, in some Tunisian villages and on the Isle of Djerba. The Berbers are generally recognized as one of the indigenous tribal groups of “White” Africa who call themselves “Imazighen” (noblemen) and use their own language, a Hamito-Semitic dialect of great antiquity which spreads intermittently from the Oasis of Siwa, at the Egyptian-Lybian frontier, to the Atlantic Ocean. The main local dialects spoken in Morocco, are the ‘Tashel<jats:italic>h</jats:italic>it’ in the South- West and around Marrakesh, and the ‘Tamazirt’ spoken in the North-East.</jats:p>