Country
Languages of Algeria
The Linguasphere Register records 4 entries for Algeria, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
4Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
0Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
Register entries recorded in Algeria
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
01= | SONGHAIC | Zone | Covers the Songhay+Sahaq set (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis; and part of the "Mande+Songhai" hypothesis). |
10= | TAMAZIC | Zone | "Tamazic", "Berber" or Tamasheq+Qabaylith set of languages; part of "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.