Prof. Dr. Mena B. Lafkioui 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:
The Linguistic Atlas of the Rif is freely downloadable from here:
atlasrif.wordpress.com/
Poem of Madghis Buzakhar:
Sruru a Bruru
Mnit deffr-ak run
aɣeccir d umenzu
lḥarez n Tanit d Amun
Jugg lluɣd, Amerridu!
ad meɣren ass-a, ak-ttun
g yilel, d aɣerrabu
Jar zzman, d agezzun
g yilem itturar aṭu
lli sstaḥcn-ak, wel mmun
Sruru a Bruru
Mnit deffr-ak run
aɣeccir d umenzu
lḥarez n Tanit d Amun
G lḥbes Dujember 2010, Tripolitania-Tamazɣa – 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- Tamazɣa - Madghis Buzakhar
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