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    Numidian /n(j)uːˈmɪdiən/ was a language spoken in ancient Numidia. The script in which it was written, the Libyco-Berber alphabet (from which Tifinagh...
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    Numidia (redirect from Numidian)
    Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding...
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    The Numidians were the Berber population of Numidia (present-day Algeria). The Numidians were originally a semi-nomadic people, they migrated frequently...
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    Libyco-Berber alphabet (category Berber languages)
    Canary Islands, to write ancient varieties of the Berber language like the Numidian language in ancient North Africa. The Libyco-Berber script is found...
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    many places. There are two extinct languages potentially related to modern Berber. The first is the Numidian language, represented by over a thousand short...
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    Masinissa (category Articles containing Numidian-language text)
    Masinissa (Numidian: , Masnsen; c. 238 BC – 148 BC: 180, 183 ), also spelled Massinissa, Massena and Massan, was an ancient Numidian king best known for...
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  • Massylii (category Articles containing Punic-language text)
    by berbers and ruled it until his death in approximately 148 BC. Numidian language Berger, Philippe (1888). "INSCRIPTION NÉOPUNIQUE DE CHERCHELL, EN...
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  • Libyan language may refer to: the Eastern Berber languages Libyan Arabic the Numidian language, also called Libyan or Old Libyan, a largely undeciphered...
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    population spoke Berber languages related to the Numidian language. However, the languages progressively lost their function as main languages of Tunisia since...
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  • Espanca Numidian language Phaistos Disc Rohonc Codex Voynich Manuscript Although the script, Libyco-Berber, has been almost fully deciphered, the language has...
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    Senhaja de Srair ("Senhaja of Srair") is a Northern Berber language. It is spoken by the Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the central part of the Moroccan Rif...
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    Punic-Libyan bilinguals (category CS1 Hebrew-language sources (he))
    deciphering the Libyco-Berber script, in which the Numidian language (Old Libyan) was written. The language is however still not fully understood. The inscription...
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    Tifinagh (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    widely used in antiquity by speakers of the largely undeciphered Numidian language, also called Old Libyan, throughout Africa and on the Canary Islands...
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    Jugurthine War (redirect from Numidian War)
    plundering the Numidian countryside, seizing minor Numidian towns and fortresses trying to provoke Jugurtha into a set piece battle, but the Numidian king refused...
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  • Nasamones (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    ancestors of Zenaga people and Laguatan from translation of an ancient Numidian language inscription. They also practiced Polygamy The Nasamones were centred...
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    British Museum (category CS1 Welsh-language sources (cy))
    Inscription from the Mausoleum of Ateban, key to the decipherment of the Numidian language, Dougga, Tunisia, (146 BC) Amran Tablets found near Sana'a, Yemen...
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    Tifinagh letters. The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a...
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    Berber writings were written in the Libyco-Berber script, mostly from Numidian and Roman times. This script was an abjad, and is not yet completely deciphered...
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    were Old North African speakers. The Numidian language, which may have also been an Old North African language, constitutes the rock engravings in the...
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    Yugurten or Yugarten, c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Jugurtha and his...
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    also known as Judeo-Amazigh, Judeo-Tamazight, and Jewish Amazigh (Berber languages: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵏ ⵡⵓⴷⴰⵢⵏ tamazight n wudayen,[which?] Hebrew: ברברית יהודית‎...
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  • This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered...
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    common in urban centers. Other Roman Africans spoke Afroasiatic languages (Libyan, Numidian), debatably early versions of Berber. Punic was used for legends...
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    Taclḥiyt, IPA: [tæʃlħijt]), is a Berber language spoken in southwestern Morocco. When referring to the language, anthropologists and historians prefer...
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    (86 – 34 BC) claims Punic was "altered by their intermarriages with the Numidians". That account agrees with other evidence found to suggest a North African...
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    Barbary lion (redirect from Numidian lion)
    The Barbary lion was a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. It was also called North African lion, Atlas lion and Egyptian lion. It lived...
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  • were more familiar. The Numidian and Punic languages belong to the Berber and Semitic branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family, respectively. During...
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  • Saburra was a Numidian general who served the king of Numidia, Juba I, and fought Julius Caesar during Caesar's Civil War. He managed to defeat one of...
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  • Gaia (Numidian: GYY) (died 207 BCE) was a Berber king of the Massylii, an eastern Numidian tribe in North Africa. Gaia reigned during the Second Punic...
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    Tarifit (redirect from Riffian language)
    (Tarifit: Tmaziɣt, pronounced [θmæzɪχt]; Arabic: الريفية) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by...
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