Abdel-Massih Ernest T. A Course in Spoken Tamazight: Berber Dialects of Ayt Ayache and Ayt Seghrouchen

Ann Arbor: MPublishing, University of Michigan Library, 2011. — 456 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60785-226-1.This volume is reprinted from the 1971 edition by arrangement with the Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan.This book grew out of the lack of any text designed for the teaching of an introductory course in the Berber language in general and the Tamazight dialect in particular to college students. The language of this book is Tamazight, a dialect of Berber, spoken in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The main focus of the language of this book is the Tamazight dialects of Ayt Ayache and Ayt Seghrouchen.The goal of this text is to achieve fluency in one or both dialects presented in the book and to master the basic grammatical structures of Tamazight.
As this book has very few grammatical explanations, it is suggested that the student seek grammatical information contained in A Short Reference Grammar of Tamazight.
It is hoped that this text will serve both as a linguistic source for mastering Tamazight and also as an introduction to the culture and ethnology of the speakers of Tamazight.Foreword.

Part one. Phonology (Ayt Ayache)
Consonants and semi-vowels.
Vowels.
Phonological Structure of Words in Tamazight.
Stress.
Review drill.
Laboratory exercises.
Part two. Texts (Ayt Ayache)
Greetings.
The Market Place of Boumia.
William Visits Ayt Ayache.
Berber Traditions.
Kinship Terms.
Telling Time.
Months of Year.
Sofa Talk after Dinner.
"I have a headache".
William Goes to the Market in Ayt Ayache.
William Goes to a "hideous" Dance.
William leaves Ayt Ayache.
A Story of Jeha.
Berber food.
Borrowing from the Neighbor.
A Fairy Tale.
The Story of Saint Joseph.
Part three. Phonology (Ayt Seghrouchen).
Part four. Texts from Ayt Seghrouchen
Greetings.
Interrogation.
The Market.
Tea.
The Month of Ramadan.
Fields.
Village Shop.
Berber Dance.
Men's Clothing.
What People Do after Dinner?
Women's Work.
The Tribe of Ayt Seghrouchen.
Life of Ayt Seghrouchen.
Markets.
Mosques.
Schools.
The Village Council.
The Public Bath.
The Coffee Shop.
The Roads.
Weddings.
Shops.
The Story of the Peaceful Man and His Mule.
The lark and the Bird.
Jeha of the West and Jeha of the East.
The Story of the Greyhound.
Hdidan.
The Goat and the Jackal.
Lexical Differences.
Riddles.
Songs.
Part five. Glossaries