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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Using 'Berber'</font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">


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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">1)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Date: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px">30 Aug 2013</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">


<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">"A. Zouhir" <<a href="mailto:azouhir@gmail.com" target="_blank">azouhir@gmail.com</a>></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Using 'Berber'</font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">


<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Most scholars, who have been educated in French, prefer the term Tamazight</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">to the term Berber because for them the term Berber is derogatory (deriving</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">from the Latin word barbaros). However, the term Berber does not have or</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">bear any negative connotations in the Anglo-Saxon literature on Berber. The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">term Tamazight also refers to a variety of Berber and its use excludes</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">other Berber varieties such as Tarifit and Tashlhit. Therefore, the term</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Berber is more general, neutral and still in use.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Abderrahman Zouhir</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

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