Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen) (Historical Dictionaries of People and Cultures) By Hsain Ilahiane
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2006-07 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 081085452X | PDF | 1.7 MB
The Phoenician colonies in North Africa started out as peaceful, trading presence among the Amazigh original inhabitants of the region. These colonies, though initially inhabited by Phoenicians from the eastern Mediterranean, became a mix of the two peoples as they intermarried with the local Amazigh. The Amazigh, as well as the Punic Phoenicians, who survived the Roman subjugation of the region are credited with preserving the Phoenician language up till the time of Saint Augustine in the 5th century. Further, traces of the Phoenician alphabet are evident in the Tamazight (Berber) alphabet called Tifinagh…