Centre de Recherche Berbère

Centre de Recherche Berbère (CRB, English: Berber Research Center) is a department at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) specializing in the Berber languages.[1] The center is the oldest organization which focuses on Berber culture and language, being one of the very few[quantify] to do so.[1] It cooperates with the Institut royal de la culture amazighe du Maroc and programs at Moroccan universities.[1]

Centre de Recherche Berbère
Centre de Recherche Berbère
Formation1990; 34 years ago (1990)
FounderSalem Chaker
PurposeStudying the Berber languages
Parent organization
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales

The center was founded in 1990 by the Algerian Berber linguist Salem Chaker[2][3] and managed by him until the end of 2009.[4] Since January 2010, it is headed by Abdellah Bounfour.[5][6] The center has proposed a standard for the Berber Latin alphabet.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ a b c Lindsey, Ursula (27 July 2015). "The Berber Language: Officially Recognized, Unofficially Marginalized?". Al-Fanar Media. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Invité Afrique - Salem Chaker, professeur de berbère à l'Université de Provence et fondateur du Centre de recherche berbère à Paris". RFI (in French). 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ Nadir, Iddir (15 August 2020). "Mustapha Hadni. petit-neveu de Lechani Mohand Saïd : «Lechani était de tous les combats d'émancipation des Algériens» | El Watan". www.elwatan.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Salem Chaker". Encyclopédie berbère [Online] (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  5. ^ "Abdellah Bounfour". Encyclopédie berbère [Online] (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  6. ^ "Abdellah Bounfour". Centre de Recherche Berbère (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-23.

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