Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Berber, Middle Atlas (bma) Alternative Names  Central Shilha, Central Atlas Tamazight, Shilha Family/Group  Afro-Asiatic, Berber Area  Africa General Data  spoken in Morocco Typological Information  • VSO • 2 nominal genders Reduplication Form-Function  C-: pluralization, intensification -CV-: intensification full: pluralization Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Forms  Select ValueC reduplicant with fixed segments root   Functions  Select Valueintensification pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity intensity plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueverb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Basset, André 1952. La Langue Berbère. London/New York/Toronto: Oxford University Press International African Institute; (relevant pages: 12-13)  Moravcsik, Edith A. 1978. "Reduplicative Constructions". In: Greenberg, Joseph H., eds., Universals of Human Language, Volume 3: Word Structure, Stanford: Stanford University Press     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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