Berberologist

English

Noun

Berberologist (plural Berberologists)

1. A researcher who studies the Berber languages or cultures.

   Synonym: (less common) Berberist

   • 2013, Maarten Kossmann, The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber, page 48:

     The language is clearly an archaic version of modern Tashelhiyt, and, while sometimes unusual from a southwestern Moroccan perspective, holds little surprises to the Berberologist.

   • 2018, Mauro Tosco, Afroasiatic: Data and perspectives, page 12:

     Traditionally, Berberologists regard the functional difference between them as one of status […]

Related terms

• Berberology

 

Translations

researcher who studies Berber language or culture

• French: berbérisant (fr) m / berbérisante f, amazighisant (fr) m / amazighisante f