Geographic Distribution
Kabyle is a Berber language native to Kabylie, it is present in seven Algerian districts.
Approximately one-third of Algerians are Berberphones, clustered mostly near Algiers but with some communities in the west, east and south of the country. Kabyles are the largest Berber group in Algeria, but may not constitute a majority.
The populations of Béjaïa (Bgayet), Bouira (Tubirets) and Tizi Ouzou provinces are in majority Kabyle-speaking. Kabyle is a large spoken language in the provinces of Boumerdes, and as well as in Bordj Bou Arreridj, Sétif, Jijel and Algiers where it coexists with Algerian Arabic.
Kabyle is also spoken as a mother tongue among the Algerian Kabyle-descended diaspora in European and North American cities (mainly France). It is estimated that half of Kabyles live outside the Kabyliian region.
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