This document introduces the Berber (Tamazight) language and its alphabet. It notes that Berber has around 25 million speakers throughout North Africa. The specific dialect covered is Kabyle from Algeria. The alphabet section explains that Berber contains several letters not found in English, and some English letters have different pronunciations. It provides examples of the sounds for letters like "c", "č", "gh", and "x".

1. Basic Tamazight
(Berber)
Introduction and Alphabet
By: Cambck2

2. Berber languages
• The Berber languages are a group of languages and dialects
spoken throughout North Africa.
• In total there are about 25 million speakers of these
languages.
• The type of Berber in
this course is the
Kabyle dialect of
North-Eastern Algeria.

3. Alphabet
• Since Berber has many sounds that English
doesn't, there are many sounds that require
extra letters. Some letters are the same as in
English but have totally different sounds.

4. Alphabet
• “C”
• Pronounced like the sound “sh” as in “ship”
•Č
• Pronounced like “ch” as in “church”
• “E”
• Pronounced always as a short ‘e’ as in “help”
• “G”
• Pronounced as a soft ‘g’ as in ‘game’
• “Ǧ”
• Pronounced like the “J” in ‘Jet’

5. Alphabet
• “Gh”
• Sounds like a french ‘r’
• “I”
• Pronounced like a long ‘e’ as in ‘heat’
• “J”
• Pronounced like a French ‘j’
• “Q”
• Sounds like the sound ‘k’ but from the throat
• “X”
• Pronounced always as a strong ‘h’ from the throat