< Reconstruction:Proto-Berber

Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/iləs

This Proto-Berber entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Berber

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-, Egyptian ns and Hausa harshè.

Noun

*iləs m (construct form *y-iləs, plural *iləs-awăn)

  1. tongue

Descendants
  • Awjila: íləs
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils), ⵉⵔⵙ (irs)
  • Ghadames: ilǝs
  • Kabyle: iles
  • Tamahaq: ilǝs
  • Tamasheq: ilǝs
  • Tarifit: iřes, iles
  • Tashelhit: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils)
  • Northern Saharan Berber: ilǝs

References
  • van Putten, Marijn (2019) “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica, Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 291
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