Standard Algerian Berber

{{Short description|Standardized national variety of Berber spoken in Algeria}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tamazight

| nativename = Tamaziɣt
ثامازيغث
ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ

| states = Algeria

| region = Algeria

| ethnicity = Algerian Berbers

| speakers = ?

| script = Latin (Berber alphabet)

| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Berber

| fam3 = Northern Berber

| fam4 = Kabyle

| nation = {{flag|Algeria}}

| agency = Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language

}}

Tamazight, or Standard Algerian Berber,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mae.gov.dz/FR2020054.pdf |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad |access-date=2020-12-31 |archive-date=2021-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101165520/http://www.mae.gov.dz/FR2020054.pdf |url-status=dead }} is the standardized national variety of Berber (specifically Kabyle) spoken in Algeria. It is under active development since the officialization of Berber in Algeria in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/yennayer-between-politics-popular-celebration-and-invented-tradition-13552702|title=Algeria's Berber new year aims to show state's approval for 'invented tradition'|website=Middle East Eye |first1=Yassine |last1=Temlali |date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191220/https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/yennayer-between-politics-popular-celebration-and-invented-tradition-13552702 |archive-date= Jan 28, 2019 }}

The standardization is largely based on the works of Mouloud Mammeri (the Dictionnaire and the Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle), {{ISBN|9782906659001}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/12/24/enseigner-tamazight-en-al_n_18906012.html|title=Le tamazight enseigné en Algérie est une "langue-monstre" que personne ne comprend|date=24 December 2017|website=Al HuffPost Maghreb |first1=Daikha |last1=Dridi |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227114436/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/12/24/enseigner-tamazight-en-al_n_18906012.html|archive-date=27 February 2018}}

{{As of|2017}}, 350,000 pupils were studying Tamazight in 38 wilayas out of 48,{{Cite web |title=APS - Le Conseil des ministres adopte un projet de loi fixant les fêtes légales |url=https://www.hcamazighite.dz/fr/espace-presse/aps-le-conseil-des-ministres-adopte-un-projet-de-loi-fixant-les-fetes-legales-art610 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=HCA CMS |language=fr}} representing 4% of all students.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-26 |title=Enseignement du Tamazight: ces chiffres qui disent les contraintes |url=https://www.algerie360.com/enseignement-tamazight-chiffres-disent-contraintes/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Algerie360 |language=fr}} Ninety percent of them study Tamazight in Latin characters.{{Cite web |title=Horizons - La transcription de tamazight au centre d'un colloque du HCA ; entre le tifinagh, l'arabe et le latin… |url=https://www.hcamazighite.dz/fr/espace-presse/horizons-la-transcription-de-tamazight-au-centre-dun-colloque-du-hca-entre-le-tifinagh-larabe-et-le-latin-art331 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=HCA CMS |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Zmirli |first=Amayas |date=2018-01-13 |title=Algérie - Tamazight : un si long chemin |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/algerie-tamazight-un-si-long-chemin-13-01-2018-2186246_3.php |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Le Point |language=fr}} In 2018, the government announced that optional classes of Tamazight will be offered in all public primary and secondary schools in the future.{{Cite web |last=Dendoune |first=Nadir |date=2018-10-22 |title=Un mouvement de boycott de l'enseignement de l'arabe paralyse plusieurs collèges et lycées |url=https://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/algerie-un-mouvement-de-boycott-de-l-enseignement-de-l-arabe-paralyse-plusieurs-colleges-et-lycees-20854/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=lecourrierdelatlas |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-04 |title=Education nationale: généralisation de l'enseignement de tamazight en 2021 (document) |url=https://www.algerieinfos.com/education-nationale-generalisation-de-lenseignement-de-tamazight-en-2021-document/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Algérie infos |language=fr-FR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226131301/https://www.algerieinfos.com/education-nationale-generalisation-de-lenseignement-de-tamazight-en-2021-document/ |archive-date= 2023-02-26 }}