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- Djémila Cuicul’s streets, forum, mosaics and Christian buildings show how a Roman city developed within the constraints of a mountain landscape.
- Tipasa Punic exchange, Roman and Christian buildings, the royal Mauretanian mausoleum and the modern work of protecting a coastal archaeological landscape.
- Agadez The historic centre of Agadez connects the Sultanate of Aïr, Saharan exchange, neighbourhood organisation and the continuing work of earthen building.
- Chenini A place in Tunisia’s Dahar where hillside dwellings, collective storage, mosques and water-retention works can be read together with a distinct language history.
- Douiret The older hillside settlement, a newer village, jessour agriculture and a 2003 linguistic study offer different windows onto Douiret’s history.
- Tarifit Language varieties of the Rif in northern Morocco, documented in regional linguistic atlases and written texts.
- Tashelhit Spoken in the Souss, Anti-Atlas and western High Atlas, with a documented Arabic-script manuscript tradition.
- Central Atlas Tamazight A regional meaning of Tamazight associated with central Morocco, distinct from use of that name for the whole language family.
- Kabyle (Taqbaylit) The language of Kabylia, with dictionaries, published literature and a long history of scholarly and community documentation.
- Tacawit (Chaoui) The language associated with Chaoui communities in the Aurès and surrounding eastern Algerian regions.
- Tumzabt (Mozabite) The Amazigh language associated with Mozabite communities of Algeria’s Mzab valley.
- Nafusi Language varieties of Libya’s Nafusa Mountains; nearby Amazigh communities should not automatically be treated as speakers of the same variety.
- Tuareg varieties: Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamajaq A group of related varieties across the Sahara and Sahel, described by grammars with distinct regional coverage.
- Siwi An Amazigh language of Egypt’s western desert whose grammar documents a long history of Arabic contact.
- Zenaga The language of Zenaga-speaking communities in south-western Mauritania, important for Amazigh comparative linguistics.
- Ghadames (Ghadamsi) An Amazigh language of the Ghadames oasis in western Libya, with a distinctive linguistic history and documented grammatical research.
- Awjila An Amazigh language of eastern Libya documented through older texts, a modern grammar and a study of digital writing.
- Tetserret A distinct Amazigh language of Niger, studied in relation to Zenaga and neighbouring Tuareg varieties.
- Djerbi: Amazigh varieties of Djerba Local language varieties on Djerba whose documentation must retain locality, collection dates and transcription conventions.
- Chenoua and other varieties Coverage continues beyond the detailed profiles in this directory; Chenoua and other varieties still need their own researched introductions.
- Amazigh history: a careful reader’s glossary Ten useful terms, with prompts that help you notice differences between people, languages, places and evidence.
- Read a historical source without overclaiming A printable evidence worksheet: author, date, transmission, claim, uncertainty and corroboration.
- Read a historical map critically An atlas worksheet about dates, orientation points, uncertain boundaries and the difference between maps and territories.
- Build a timeline that keeps uncertainty visible A printable activity for comparing dates, sources and developments across regions without turning history into a single straight line.
- Tifinagh practice: shapes, scripts and careful copying A printable companion to the Tifinagh studio, with letter-shape practice and a clear boundary between copying, transliteration and translation.
- Amnay A modern naming-guide example with a documented lexical sense: horse rider. The name evidence and the language sources are checked separately.
- Badis Badis is documented as a personal name in medieval North African historical writing. More than one ruler bore it; a historical association does not establish its lexical meaning.
- Jugurtha Jugurtha is a historically documented Numidian name. Its ancient bearer is identifiable, while its lexical meaning and modern pronunciation remain unverified here.
- Massinissa Massinissa is a Numidian royal name with a documented historical bearer. The cited evidence supports that association, not a literal translation.
- Takfarinas Takfarinas is linked in this catalogue to Tacfarinas in Roman historical writing. The association is useful, but neither a literal meaning nor an original pronunciation is established here.