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Central Atlas Tamazight sounds like itself through azul greetings, the manik question form, and Moroccan Arabic borrowings woven into Latin-script speech.

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What locals actually say

Hello, how are you?

Azul, manik a tgit?

Azul is the local greeting, while manik a tgit? is the Central Atlas way to ask how someone is doing.

How much is this?

Acḥal aya?

Acḥal, widely used in Morocco for “how much,” gives the question its local market and street register.

Mum, I’m hungry.

Yemma, laẓeɣ.

Yemma is the familiar Moroccan Tamazight word for “mum,” and laẓeɣ uses the local first-person form for feeling hungry.

Where is the village?

Mani tella taddart?

Mani is the Central Atlas Tamazight word for “where,” while tella is the locative form used for a feminine place noun such as taddart, “village.”

My father is at home.

Baba inu yella deg uxxam.

Deg means “in” or “at,” and yella is the masculine singular locative form of “be.” Uxxam is the Central Atlas Tamazight word for “home” or “house.”

I am at work today.

Ass-a lliɣ deg uxeddim.

Ass-a means “today,” and lliɣ is the first-person singular form of the locative verb lla, signaling “I am” in a place or situation. Axeddim means “work.”

It is cold today.

Ass-a yella usemmiḍ.

Asemmiḍ is the Central Atlas Tamazight word for “cold,” and yella usemmiḍ is the local impersonal construction for saying that cold conditions are present.

We will leave tomorrow.

Azekka ad nruḥ.

Azekka means “tomorrow,” and ad followed by nruḥ marks an intended or future action. Nruḥ is the first-person plural form of “go” or “leave.”

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How Central Atlas Tamazight differs

Central Atlas Tamazight in Latin script; azul greetings.

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