Berber

/ˈbʌrbər/

/ˈbʌbə/

Other forms: Berbers

Definitions of Berber

1. noun

   a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
   types:

   Almoravid

   a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain

   Riff, Riffian

   a Berber living in northern Morocco

   type of:

   African

   a native or inhabitant of Africa
2. noun

   a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
   types:

   Tuareg

   the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg

   type of:

   Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic

   a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa