Standard Algerian Berber

Tamazight, or Standard Algerian Berber,^[1] 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.^[2]

Tamazight
Tamaziɣt ثامازيغث ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
Native to	Algeria
Region	Algeria
Ethnicity	Algerian Berbers
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Kabyle Tamazight
Writing system	Latin (Berber alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Algeria
Regulated by	Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The standardization is largely based on the works of Mouloud Mammeri (the Dictionnaire and the Précis de grammaire berbère (kabyle), ISBN 9782906659001).^[3]

As of 2017^[update], 350,000 pupils were studying Tamazight in 38 wilayas out of 48,^[4] representing 4% of all students.^[5] Ninety percent of them study Tamazight in Latin characters.^[6][7] In 2018, the government announced that optional classes of Tamazight will be offered in all public primary and secondary schools in the future.^[8][9]