Meaning of BERBER
| Pronunciation: | | 'burbur
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- [n] a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of North Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
- [n] a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
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| | See Also: | | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic, Mohammedan, Moslem, Muhammadan, Muhammedan, Muslim, Riff, Riffian, Tuareg | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ber"ber\, n. [See {Barbary}.]
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often
classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the
whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into
the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region;
-- called also {Kabyles}. Also, the language spoken by this
people.
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