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Kabyle
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Ka·byle  (k-bl)
n. pl. Kabyle or Ka·byles
1. A member of a Berber people of northeast Algeria.
2. The Berber language of this people.
[Arabic qab'ilu, pl. of qabla, tribe, from qabila, to receive; see qbl in Semitic roots.]
Kabyle [kəˈbaɪl]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -byles, -byle a member of a Berber people inhabiting the E Atlas Mountains in Tunisia and Algeria
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
[from Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīlah tribe]
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