tutlayt

Kabyle

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Tachawit tutlayt[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tutlajt/

Noun

tutlayt f (plural tutlayin)

  1. (neologism) language
    Synonyms: lluɣa, tameslayt
    Ttmeslayeɣ snat n tutlayin. ― I speak two languages.

Inflection

Inflection of tutlayt
singular plural
free state tutlayt tutlayin
annexed state tutlayt tutlayin

Descendants

  • → Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⵓⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ (tutlayt, “language”)

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎[2], retrieved 2025
  1. ^ Ramdane Achab (2013), L’aménagement du lexique berbère de 1945 à nos jours‎[1] (in French), Editions Achab

Tachawit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Cognate with Tunisian Berber tutlayt (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Batna):(file)

Noun

tutlayt f (plural tutlayin)

  1. language

Tarifit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Kabyle tutlayt, itself a learned borrowing from Tachawit tutlayt.

Noun

tutlayt f (plural tutlayin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵓⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ)

  1. language
    Synonyms: iřes, awař
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