Ḥamid Ouyachi
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
word matters, things related to language (focus on Moroccan Tamazight + Tashlḥiyt) translation, poetry, etc.
words in: Rusted Radishes, Tamazgha Studies Journal, Words Without Borders.
blog @ http://tagwrsa.blogspot.com
words in: Rusted Radishes, Tamazgha Studies Journal, Words Without Borders.
blog @ http://tagwrsa.blogspot.com
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Ḥamid Ouyachi
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Ravens' Bread - Words Without Borders
Fearlessness and determination are the means to go on in this excerpt from Azergui's novel "Ravens' Bread," set during Morocco's "Years of Lead."
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A bit of news!
My translation from #Tamazight of Azergui's "Aghrum n Yihaqqarn", under contract with Georgetown U Press, to be published in their new "Amazigh Studies Series", Spring 2026!!
An early version of a short extract is available on @wwborders.bsky.social here:
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My translation from #Tamazight of Azergui's "Aghrum n Yihaqqarn", under contract with Georgetown U Press, to be published in their new "Amazigh Studies Series", Spring 2026!!
An early version of a short extract is available on @wwborders.bsky.social here:
buff.ly/3VfWXGf
I was thinking about this today:
Etymology links 'hospitality' and 'hostility', so does a verbal expression in French:
> "passer à table"
1. an invitation to sit down for a meal
2. "an invitation" to confess under duress, torture...
Etymology links 'hospitality' and 'hostility', so does a verbal expression in French:
> "passer à table"
1. an invitation to sit down for a meal
2. "an invitation" to confess under duress, torture...
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was thinking about this today:
Etymology links 'hospitality' and 'hostility', so does a verbal expression in French:
> "passer à table"
1. an invitation to sit down for a meal
2. "an invitation" to confess under duress, torture...
Etymology links 'hospitality' and 'hostility', so does a verbal expression in French:
> "passer à table"
1. an invitation to sit down for a meal
2. "an invitation" to confess under duress, torture...
From Mercier's collection:
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
From Mercier's collection:
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
A sentence that encapsulates in two words for "penalty" the dual regime of customary law (izmaz) & civil law (lʕaqubt < Ar. عقوبة).
Caïd to water overseer:
"unna ur irin ad-aš iš izmaz tʕalmt-i ad-as gɣ lʕaqubt taxatart"
"Books never produce revolutions. They become our allies only when we are ready to read them. They are masters of freedom, true, but only for those who are sufficiently free already"
-- Patrick Boucheron
"Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear"
(transl. by Willard Wood)
-- Patrick Boucheron
"Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear"
(transl. by Willard Wood)
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Books never produce revolutions. They become our allies only when we are ready to read them. They are masters of freedom, true, but only for those who are sufficiently free already"
-- Patrick Boucheron
"Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear"
(transl. by Willard Wood)
-- Patrick Boucheron
"Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear"
(transl. by Willard Wood)
On Arte, a film by Faouzi Bensaïd. A biting farce, almost Beckettian. Compared to Kaurismäki's. If nothing, you get gorgeous Moroccan southeastern landscapes. Lggs: Darija (a few sentences in Tashlḥiyt) + subtitles
The title in Arabic: الثلث الخالي (the empty third)
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/10...
The title in Arabic: الثلث الخالي (the empty third)
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/10...
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Dans l'arrière-pays marocain, deux agents de recouvrement détournent à leur profit les maigres remboursements de paysans surendettés... À travers l'histoire de ces deux pieds-nickelés, le Marocain Fao...
www.arte.tv
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
On Arte, a film by Faouzi Bensaïd. A biting farce, almost Beckettian. Compared to Kaurismäki's. If nothing, you get gorgeous Moroccan southeastern landscapes. Lggs: Darija (a few sentences in Tashlḥiyt) + subtitles
The title in Arabic: الثلث الخالي (the empty third)
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/10...
The title in Arabic: الثلث الخالي (the empty third)
www.arte.tv/fr/videos/10...
Friday pairing:
> "gökatta" (Swedish) ~ rising up in the wee hours (to go for a walk?) to hear the first birds
> Imru' al-Qays:
وَقَدْ أغْتَدِي والطَّيْرُ فِي وُكُنَاتِهَا
In the early mornings with the birds still in their aeries
--transl. Robyn Creswell
> "gökatta" (Swedish) ~ rising up in the wee hours (to go for a walk?) to hear the first birds
> Imru' al-Qays:
وَقَدْ أغْتَدِي والطَّيْرُ فِي وُكُنَاتِهَا
In the early mornings with the birds still in their aeries
--transl. Robyn Creswell
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Friday pairing:
> "gökatta" (Swedish) ~ rising up in the wee hours (to go for a walk?) to hear the first birds
> Imru' al-Qays:
وَقَدْ أغْتَدِي والطَّيْرُ فِي وُكُنَاتِهَا
In the early mornings with the birds still in their aeries
--transl. Robyn Creswell
> "gökatta" (Swedish) ~ rising up in the wee hours (to go for a walk?) to hear the first birds
> Imru' al-Qays:
وَقَدْ أغْتَدِي والطَّيْرُ فِي وُكُنَاتِهَا
In the early mornings with the birds still in their aeries
--transl. Robyn Creswell
Forthcoming:
First two books to roll out of G'town U Press's Amazigh Studies Series:
1. Brahim Akhiate, The Amazigh Revival (translated by Paul Raymond)
2. Aksil Azergui, Bread of the Ravens (translated, revised & edited by Hamid Ouyachi)
First two books to roll out of G'town U Press's Amazigh Studies Series:
1. Brahim Akhiate, The Amazigh Revival (translated by Paul Raymond)
2. Aksil Azergui, Bread of the Ravens (translated, revised & edited by Hamid Ouyachi)
The first translations in the Amazigh Studies series published by Georgetown University Press! These stunning covers highlight our visual identity! Send us your proposals! If you are coming to MESA, stop by our booth at the book fair. We’ll have swags and literature to share!
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Forthcoming:
First two books to roll out of G'town U Press's Amazigh Studies Series:
1. Brahim Akhiate, The Amazigh Revival (translated by Paul Raymond)
2. Aksil Azergui, Bread of the Ravens (translated, revised & edited by Hamid Ouyachi)
First two books to roll out of G'town U Press's Amazigh Studies Series:
1. Brahim Akhiate, The Amazigh Revival (translated by Paul Raymond)
2. Aksil Azergui, Bread of the Ravens (translated, revised & edited by Hamid Ouyachi)
griɣ-as i tzuɣi n ṛmman anšuš
isɣuyy-d bu-tayri yawi-d azwar
"aḥḥ-nns! tetšid-as i wsmun aggay!"
nniɣ-as : "hat ur-as swiɣ ɣas intmi !"
(transl. into Tamazight)
🙏🏼🙏🏼 to @arabicpoetry.bsky.social
isɣuyy-d bu-tayri yawi-d azwar
"aḥḥ-nns! tetšid-as i wsmun aggay!"
nniɣ-as : "hat ur-as swiɣ ɣas intmi !"
(transl. into Tamazight)
🙏🏼🙏🏼 to @arabicpoetry.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
griɣ-as i tzuɣi n ṛmman anšuš
isɣuyy-d bu-tayri yawi-d azwar
"aḥḥ-nns! tetšid-as i wsmun aggay!"
nniɣ-as : "hat ur-as swiɣ ɣas intmi !"
(transl. into Tamazight)
🙏🏼🙏🏼 to @arabicpoetry.bsky.social
isɣuyy-d bu-tayri yawi-d azwar
"aḥḥ-nns! tetšid-as i wsmun aggay!"
nniɣ-as : "hat ur-as swiɣ ɣas intmi !"
(transl. into Tamazight)
🙏🏼🙏🏼 to @arabicpoetry.bsky.social
From 'Qāmūs al-lahža al-Ḥaḍṛamiyya', a few words:
The word for water in Baby Talk in Moroccan Tamazight is: 'əmbuwwa' (same in Siwa, see Gutova). Ḥaḍ. has something very close:
> ambūh, ambuʷh (?)
The word for water in Baby Talk in Moroccan Tamazight is: 'əmbuwwa' (same in Siwa, see Gutova). Ḥaḍ. has something very close:
> ambūh, ambuʷh (?)
October 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From 'Qāmūs al-lahža al-Ḥaḍṛamiyya', a few words:
The word for water in Baby Talk in Moroccan Tamazight is: 'əmbuwwa' (same in Siwa, see Gutova). Ḥaḍ. has something very close:
> ambūh, ambuʷh (?)
The word for water in Baby Talk in Moroccan Tamazight is: 'əmbuwwa' (same in Siwa, see Gutova). Ḥaḍ. has something very close:
> ambūh, ambuʷh (?)
Locust in Moroccan Tamazight = tamurġi
Darija = žžṛad
A locust ranging from the Canary Islands to South Kazakhstan was named Dociostaurus maroccanus (thanks to Thunberg 1815). Attempts to rename it Mediterranean didn't stick:
Ar. al-jarād al-murrākušī
Pers. malaḵ-e marākeši
Tur. Fas çekirgesi
etc
Darija = žžṛad
A locust ranging from the Canary Islands to South Kazakhstan was named Dociostaurus maroccanus (thanks to Thunberg 1815). Attempts to rename it Mediterranean didn't stick:
Ar. al-jarād al-murrākušī
Pers. malaḵ-e marākeši
Tur. Fas çekirgesi
etc
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Locust in Moroccan Tamazight = tamurġi
Darija = žžṛad
A locust ranging from the Canary Islands to South Kazakhstan was named Dociostaurus maroccanus (thanks to Thunberg 1815). Attempts to rename it Mediterranean didn't stick:
Ar. al-jarād al-murrākušī
Pers. malaḵ-e marākeši
Tur. Fas çekirgesi
etc
Darija = žžṛad
A locust ranging from the Canary Islands to South Kazakhstan was named Dociostaurus maroccanus (thanks to Thunberg 1815). Attempts to rename it Mediterranean didn't stick:
Ar. al-jarād al-murrākušī
Pers. malaḵ-e marākeši
Tur. Fas çekirgesi
etc
To explain the Ar. 'ribq': "rope with multiple loops for tying animals", Ibn Sallām al-Ibāḍi (d. 273/887) gives the Berber word 'tas[a|e]ddit' 'as[a|e]ddi iz'.
The word still exists today in CA & SE Tamazight w/ the meanings of:
1. 'restraining rope for multiple animals'= asəddi (Taïfi)
1/
The word still exists today in CA & SE Tamazight w/ the meanings of:
1. 'restraining rope for multiple animals'= asəddi (Taïfi)
1/
September 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
To explain the Ar. 'ribq': "rope with multiple loops for tying animals", Ibn Sallām al-Ibāḍi (d. 273/887) gives the Berber word 'tas[a|e]ddit' 'as[a|e]ddi iz'.
The word still exists today in CA & SE Tamazight w/ the meanings of:
1. 'restraining rope for multiple animals'= asəddi (Taïfi)
1/
The word still exists today in CA & SE Tamazight w/ the meanings of:
1. 'restraining rope for multiple animals'= asəddi (Taïfi)
1/
Numbers in Amazigh:
A quinary number system (base five) recorded by M. Letourneux around the oasis of Souf (Algeria), before 1860.
A quinary number system (base five) recorded by M. Letourneux around the oasis of Souf (Algeria), before 1860.
September 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Numbers in Amazigh:
A quinary number system (base five) recorded by M. Letourneux around the oasis of Souf (Algeria), before 1860.
A quinary number system (base five) recorded by M. Letourneux around the oasis of Souf (Algeria), before 1860.
Word of the day: 'labor'
In Tamazight (SE Morocco):
- tawuri , tiwiri
- a few from Ar : ššġʷl, lxdəmt, lhəmm (the latter oft used to refer to women's work)
- (go into labor) : aẓbaṛ
A saying:
yan mi ur tmmiġ tadawt, ur ičči tiġṛad n təġʷrdin
(a dry back will never earn a shoulder's wages)
In Tamazight (SE Morocco):
- tawuri , tiwiri
- a few from Ar : ššġʷl, lxdəmt, lhəmm (the latter oft used to refer to women's work)
- (go into labor) : aẓbaṛ
A saying:
yan mi ur tmmiġ tadawt, ur ičči tiġṛad n təġʷrdin
(a dry back will never earn a shoulder's wages)
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Word of the day: 'labor'
In Tamazight (SE Morocco):
- tawuri , tiwiri
- a few from Ar : ššġʷl, lxdəmt, lhəmm (the latter oft used to refer to women's work)
- (go into labor) : aẓbaṛ
A saying:
yan mi ur tmmiġ tadawt, ur ičči tiġṛad n təġʷrdin
(a dry back will never earn a shoulder's wages)
In Tamazight (SE Morocco):
- tawuri , tiwiri
- a few from Ar : ššġʷl, lxdəmt, lhəmm (the latter oft used to refer to women's work)
- (go into labor) : aẓbaṛ
A saying:
yan mi ur tmmiġ tadawt, ur ičči tiġṛad n təġʷrdin
(a dry back will never earn a shoulder's wages)
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
One more book about Figuig and its wider region (it is a bit less general than the title suggests). By the infatigable Hassane Benamara!
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One more book about Figuig and its wider region (it is a bit less general than the title suggests). By the infatigable Hassane Benamara!
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
@hamidouyachi.bsky.social
@lameensouag.bsky.social
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
Share your favourite words, etymologies, idioms, proverbs and riddles in African languages!
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Contact – Stemmen van Afrika
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August 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Share your favourite words, etymologies, idioms, proverbs and riddles in African languages!
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In Tamazight (CA & SE Morocco):
> nnun (< Ar)
> tizelmi (whether from SLM which gives 'asləm' fish, or ZLM which gives 'azəllum': wool thread, and 'bu-zəllum': sciatic nerve??)
In Tashlḥiyt:
> assisaġ : sea eel
> irimml : fresh water eel
> snnuṛ, ssanuṛ (< Ar)
> nnun (< Ar)
> tizelmi (whether from SLM which gives 'asləm' fish, or ZLM which gives 'azəllum': wool thread, and 'bu-zəllum': sciatic nerve??)
In Tashlḥiyt:
> assisaġ : sea eel
> irimml : fresh water eel
> snnuṛ, ssanuṛ (< Ar)
Eel in.......
Cornish - sylli
Jèrriais - andgulle
Manx- astan
Anglo-Romani - sap (same as snake)
Aranese - anguila
Gagauz - yılan balıı
Cornish - sylli
Jèrriais - andgulle
Manx- astan
Anglo-Romani - sap (same as snake)
Aranese - anguila
Gagauz - yılan balıı
Activists blend science and folklore as they try to revive Somerset’s eel population
August 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In Tamazight (CA & SE Morocco):
> nnun (< Ar)
> tizelmi (whether from SLM which gives 'asləm' fish, or ZLM which gives 'azəllum': wool thread, and 'bu-zəllum': sciatic nerve??)
In Tashlḥiyt:
> assisaġ : sea eel
> irimml : fresh water eel
> snnuṛ, ssanuṛ (< Ar)
> nnun (< Ar)
> tizelmi (whether from SLM which gives 'asləm' fish, or ZLM which gives 'azəllum': wool thread, and 'bu-zəllum': sciatic nerve??)
In Tashlḥiyt:
> assisaġ : sea eel
> irimml : fresh water eel
> snnuṛ, ssanuṛ (< Ar)
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
Da man manchmal etwas Werbung in (halb)eigner Sache machen muss. Ahmad Ziani's Gedicht 3ellal gehört in den Weltliteratkanon. ⬇️
Übrigens hab ich vor einigen Jahren zusammen mit meinem Kollegen Khalid Mourigh einige tarifit Gedichte auf deutsch übersetzt. Falls Sie daran interessiert sind, finden Sie hier einen Link zu 3ellal von Ahmad Ziani (ab 1:41, die Einleitung kann man ruhig sein lassen)
youtu.be/xPABh7AVWiU?...
youtu.be/xPABh7AVWiU?...
Ahmad Ziani Allal - Maarten Kossmann (Deutsch)
YouTube video by Khalid Mourigh
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Da man manchmal etwas Werbung in (halb)eigner Sache machen muss. Ahmad Ziani's Gedicht 3ellal gehört in den Weltliteratkanon. ⬇️
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
In “The Imam’s Anxiety” by Mohamed Akounad (tr. El Habib Louai), an imam debates whether to deliver a sermon in his congregants' native tongue. Read this story, from our collection of Amazigh literature, here: buff.ly/3BENxOf
August 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In “The Imam’s Anxiety” by Mohamed Akounad (tr. El Habib Louai), an imam debates whether to deliver a sermon in his congregants' native tongue. Read this story, from our collection of Amazigh literature, here: buff.ly/3BENxOf
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
A few years ago, Mansour Ghaki published a new Libyco-Berber text from Dougga, which consists of 7 lines of Libyan text, 1 line of (unrelated) Punic text, and two lines that are unreadable.
In line 2, he reads SYN GLDT W MQLZ GLDT WTQN MWSNT
"ŠYN the gld, son of MQLZ(?) the gld, son of ṬQN the mwsn"
In line 2, he reads SYN GLDT W MQLZ GLDT WTQN MWSNT
"ŠYN the gld, son of MQLZ(?) the gld, son of ṬQN the mwsn"
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A few years ago, Mansour Ghaki published a new Libyco-Berber text from Dougga, which consists of 7 lines of Libyan text, 1 line of (unrelated) Punic text, and two lines that are unreadable.
In line 2, he reads SYN GLDT W MQLZ GLDT WTQN MWSNT
"ŠYN the gld, son of MQLZ(?) the gld, son of ṬQN the mwsn"
In line 2, he reads SYN GLDT W MQLZ GLDT WTQN MWSNT
"ŠYN the gld, son of MQLZ(?) the gld, son of ṬQN the mwsn"
Conflict over water was frequent between communities/tribes in Morocco. Stealing water is a serious breach (awttu) and "war" often follows. From Boulifa's collection (1913), a brief description of such a conflict in the Atlas. How does it go on D day?
Translation below:
1/
Translation below:
1/
August 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Conflict over water was frequent between communities/tribes in Morocco. Stealing water is a serious breach (awttu) and "war" often follows. From Boulifa's collection (1913), a brief description of such a conflict in the Atlas. How does it go on D day?
Translation below:
1/
Translation below:
1/
In North. Amazigh dialects the most common word for ‘sling’ is some variant of ‘ildi’.
In Yeou, I came across another word ‘kungari’. He gives it as only occurring in the Figuig dialect.
‘Kungara’ (also ‘Konjara’) can be found as ethnonym in the former Kordofan province of Sudan and in Darfur.
1/
In Yeou, I came across another word ‘kungari’. He gives it as only occurring in the Figuig dialect.
‘Kungara’ (also ‘Konjara’) can be found as ethnonym in the former Kordofan province of Sudan and in Darfur.
1/
August 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In North. Amazigh dialects the most common word for ‘sling’ is some variant of ‘ildi’.
In Yeou, I came across another word ‘kungari’. He gives it as only occurring in the Figuig dialect.
‘Kungara’ (also ‘Konjara’) can be found as ethnonym in the former Kordofan province of Sudan and in Darfur.
1/
In Yeou, I came across another word ‘kungari’. He gives it as only occurring in the Figuig dialect.
‘Kungara’ (also ‘Konjara’) can be found as ethnonym in the former Kordofan province of Sudan and in Darfur.
1/
"In the blink of an eye"
> Moroccan Darija: f-ṛəmša
> Tmz (CA & SE): 'aynna xf zggunt tluffaẓ'= the time it takes for spit to dry
A colorful exp. allegedly said by a Moroccan sultan to a caïd:
'get here you and your ḥarka (retinue) such that if you wet your hair there you'll shave it here'
> Moroccan Darija: f-ṛəmša
> Tmz (CA & SE): 'aynna xf zggunt tluffaẓ'= the time it takes for spit to dry
A colorful exp. allegedly said by a Moroccan sultan to a caïd:
'get here you and your ḥarka (retinue) such that if you wet your hair there you'll shave it here'
August 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"In the blink of an eye"
> Moroccan Darija: f-ṛəmša
> Tmz (CA & SE): 'aynna xf zggunt tluffaẓ'= the time it takes for spit to dry
A colorful exp. allegedly said by a Moroccan sultan to a caïd:
'get here you and your ḥarka (retinue) such that if you wet your hair there you'll shave it here'
> Moroccan Darija: f-ṛəmša
> Tmz (CA & SE): 'aynna xf zggunt tluffaẓ'= the time it takes for spit to dry
A colorful exp. allegedly said by a Moroccan sultan to a caïd:
'get here you and your ḥarka (retinue) such that if you wet your hair there you'll shave it here'
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
RESCHEDULED for July 17th, "Segmental Acoustics of Tashlhiyt Berber’s Infant-Directed Speech: How do Caregivers Modify Vowels and Consonants in a Complex Phonological System" with Abdellah Elouatiq at 6:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM CEST / 8:00 AM EDT. Join here: hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62482000502
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
RESCHEDULED for July 17th, "Segmental Acoustics of Tashlhiyt Berber’s Infant-Directed Speech: How do Caregivers Modify Vowels and Consonants in a Complex Phonological System" with Abdellah Elouatiq at 6:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM CEST / 8:00 AM EDT. Join here: hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62482000502
Friday bird bit:
The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) in my backyard sounds sometimes like R2D2 on the fritz, others like it is doing some serious 'birdsplaining'. This morning I am renaming it "the filibuster bird"!
abcbirds.org/bird/gray-ca...
The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) in my backyard sounds sometimes like R2D2 on the fritz, others like it is doing some serious 'birdsplaining'. This morning I am renaming it "the filibuster bird"!
abcbirds.org/bird/gray-ca...
June 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Friday bird bit:
The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) in my backyard sounds sometimes like R2D2 on the fritz, others like it is doing some serious 'birdsplaining'. This morning I am renaming it "the filibuster bird"!
abcbirds.org/bird/gray-ca...
The Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) in my backyard sounds sometimes like R2D2 on the fritz, others like it is doing some serious 'birdsplaining'. This morning I am renaming it "the filibuster bird"!
abcbirds.org/bird/gray-ca...
Reposted by Ḥamid Ouyachi
In his article on Berber origins in the Encyclopédie Berbère, the great Salem Chaker assumes linguistic continuity from the late Neolithic. One of the arguments he adduces is the lack of evidence for substrate toponyms - so the absence of traces of pre-Berber languages.
What can we say about this?
What can we say about this?
May 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In his article on Berber origins in the Encyclopédie Berbère, the great Salem Chaker assumes linguistic continuity from the late Neolithic. One of the arguments he adduces is the lack of evidence for substrate toponyms - so the absence of traces of pre-Berber languages.
What can we say about this?
What can we say about this?
A flowery blessing in Tamazight (CA & SE Morocco):
> ad isbǝdd Ṛbbi alǝdžžig afǝlla n uʕkkʷaz-nnk!
(May God flower your walking stick)
> ad isbǝdd Ṛbbi alǝdžžig afǝlla n uʕkkʷaz-nnk!
(May God flower your walking stick)
May 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
A flowery blessing in Tamazight (CA & SE Morocco):
> ad isbǝdd Ṛbbi alǝdžžig afǝlla n uʕkkʷaz-nnk!
(May God flower your walking stick)
> ad isbǝdd Ṛbbi alǝdžžig afǝlla n uʕkkʷaz-nnk!
(May God flower your walking stick)