The Kabyle language (Taqvaylit) is spoken in Kabylia, as well as in a large part of the diaspora in France, Europe, Canada, and beyond.
A language of mountains, poetry, and resistance, Kabyle was transmitted orally for centuries before being gradually codified, taught, and digitized.
A living and diverse language
Several regional dialects exist: those of Upper Kabylia (Tizi Ouzou, Béni Yenni, Aït Yenni), Lower Kabylia (Béjaïa, Aït Waghlis), and Southern and Southeastern Kabylia (Bouira, Bordj).
Each region has preserved lexical, phonetic, and syntactic nuances that enrich the linguistic corpus.
Derniers mots kabyles
ⴰⵙⴻⴳⴳⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴻⴳⴳⴰⵣ
Mot en français: Bonne année !
Mot en anglais: Good year !
ⵏ ⵜⵉⴷⴻⵜ
Mot en français: vrai
Mot en anglais: true
ⴰⵣⴻⴱⴳ
Mot en français: anneau, bracelet de bras ou de cheville
Mot en anglais: ring, arm or ankle bracelet
ⴰⵎⴽⵓⵥ
Mot en français: carré
Mot en anglais: square
ⵢⴻⵇⵇⵓⵔ
Mot en français: Il est "sec" ou "Il a séché"
Mot en anglais: "It is dry" or "It has dried out"
ⵉⵎⴷⴻⵡⵡⴻⵔ
Mot en français: rond
Mot en anglais: round
ⵢⴻⵇⵇⵓⵔⴻⵏ
Mot en français: "Qui est sec" ou "Étant sec"
Mot en anglais: "Who is dry" or "Being dry"
ⵇⵇⵓⵔ
Mot en français: sécher
Mot en anglais: dry