Berber Dictionaries
The following collection of Tamazight Dictionaries & Etymologies cover a number of Berber languages spoken in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, including the Berber languages of the Sahara (Tuareg Tamahuq or Tamasheght). Some of the dictionaries are in English, a few in Arabic, while the rest are in French. Some of the dictionaries translate between Berber languages, like the Mozabi-Kabyle Dictionary. The collection also includes a few papers covering Berber etymology, and some modern Tamazight dictionaries specialising in law, animals, pathology, computer lexicon, common Berber roots, Berber grammar, and Berber curriculum for primary education in Tamazight Tifinagh, as well as three Indo-European (IE) dictionaries for translating between English and Italian, and English and French. Finally Nostratic, Global Etymology, and Ancient Egyptian dictionaries might be of interest to Berber etymologists. You may also like to read Aomar Boum's article (Navigating Amazigh Landscapes through Colonial ‘Berber Dictionaries’), in which he emphasised the significant role played by colonial-era Berber dictionaries, and argued that "these dictionaries inadvertently heightened Berber divisions". In case the link becomes unavailable, I have archived a copy here. |
