KABYLE ( Tamazight)

Spoken by 2,600,000 people in western Kabylia, Algeria.
Linguistic Lineage for Kabyle
Algeria

ABBAT-Ngher

Ababat-nnegh yellan deg ‘genwan
ad itswaqeddes yisem-ik
tas ed tgeldit-ik.
Ad itswaxdem lirad-ik di ddunit am deg ‘genni.
Fkan-agh ed ass-agi aghrum nnegh b-wass.
Ssurf-anegh ighilifen nnegh akken netsemmih
ula d nekwni i wid i-gh-igan aghilif.
Ur gh-ttsajja ‘ra a-necced’
Mâana kkes-anegh ed seg wayen n-dir.
Imi tageldit ynek
Tazmert ynek
Lâazz d ayla-k
I warra b-warra.
Amn!

Contributed by Mr. Lahitte - E-mail lahittek@singnet.com.sg

Another version in Arabic script

Source: S. Apostolides "Our Lord's prayer in one hundred different languages", London, 1869.

Hail Mary!

AZAL FELLAM

Azal fellam a Meryamma
sser dgem ifad’
Ssid yidem yella.
Tettsunemmred’ ger tilawin irkwelli,
d Yasuâ*, tarwa n tâebbut’-im ittsunemmer.
A Meryamma taqeddist, a tayemmats n-Rebbi,
tuttsra yinem fellanegh
s imednuben s imeghban,
tura d wass n lmuts nnegh.
*nnegh Aysa.

Contributed by Mr. Lahitte - E-mail lahittek@singnet.com.sg

Hail Mary!

Source: "AVE MARIA in 404 lingue"
Ordine Equestro del San Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Milano (1931).
Contributed by David G. Landsnes, MD - E-mail dgwlmd@superlink.net

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