Aflevering Twiza Xxiii, Prof. Dr. Mena B. Lafkioui Speaks About The Language ’Tamazight’

Prof. Dr. Mena B. Lafkioui is Full Professor at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, where she holds the Chair of Amazigh linguistics. She is also Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, also in Paris. She is a linguist and sociolinguist, specialized in Amazigh languages and cultures, on which she has been extensively working and publishing for more than two decades. We have prepared some questions for our professor: Could you tell us in lay terms what tamazight stands for, linguistically speaking? Tamazight coverts a huge part of Africa. Is this Amazigh language continuum unique? What does Zenatic and Senhaja mean in linguistics? Is Tamazight traditionally oral or written? And much more questions! Publications of Prof. Dr. Mena B. Lafkioui are downloadable from here: https://menablafkioui.wordpress.com/publications/ https://ehess.academia.edu/MenaLafkioui The Linguistic Atlas of the Rif is freely downloadable from here: https://atlasrif.wordpress.com/ Poem of Madghis Buzakhar: Sruru a Bruru Mnit deffr-ak run a?eccir d umenzu l?arez n Tanit d Amun Jugg llu?d, Amerridu! ad me?ren ass-a, ak-ttun g yilel, d a?errabu Jar zzman, d agezzun g yilem itturar a?u lli ssta?cn-ak, wel mmun Sruru a Bruru Mnit deffr-ak run a?eccir d umenzu l?arez n Tanit d Amun G l?bes Dujember 2010, Tripolitania-Tamaz?a – Madghis Buzakhar Sruru a Bruru So many cried because of it infant and a born child Amulet of Tanit and Amun Cradle the time Lull! Today they grow up, and forget you In the sea, you are the boat Between the times, you are alone Inside a space were wind play's Whom remember you, they have never died Trill Owl So many cried because of it infant and a born child Amulet of Tanit and Amun In the jail December 2010, Tripolitania- Tamaz?a - Madghis Buzakhar For more info check: https://www.twiza-producties.nl/blog-artikel/twiza-podcast-xxiii-prof-dr-mena-b-lafkioui-speaks-about-language-tamazight