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Berber has many different dialects that the Berber people speak. But there are three main dialects that are spoken. They are Tachelhit, Tamazight and Tarifit. Most of the Berber people live in the country of North western Africa like the country of Morocco. But the language of Berber wasn't recognized as a language in Morocco because French the colonial language was. In total there are about 30 to 40 million people that speak Berber in Africa. __Beliefs__ Most of the Berbers follow Islamic traditions but are not that strict about it. But there are many people that are very strict about their religion. They believe in the fact hat there is the presence of spirits among them. Most Berber #|men wear amulets with verses from the Koran on them.

__Behaviors__ Some of the Berber people travel with nomadic tendencies. But most of them live quite lives and sedimentary lifestyles in the mountains and vallys in North Africa. The Berber merchants did have trading routes to get product across the dessert. __Values__ They value being nice and welcoming. they also, value the faact that the men take care of the animals and the women take care of the family. Also they value the fact of tribes. fro exampl, a man is appointed leader of the tribe. Technology The Berber people haven't really been affected by the technology the world has to offer. One main reasson is that because they can't afford to have these things. Also, they live in rural areas in the Nothern part of Africa so they don't need the technology. that others have. __Commercialization__ They do trade with other people. For example, they carry the goods from morocco to other countries like egypt by crossing the sahera dessert. they have made 4 main paths that they take to get over this big obsticle. Also, they can help out each other in the village and trade with them also for product. __Travel __ They don't really travel much they live in there areas and live there own lives. __Citations__ __Primary__ "Berber People." //The #|University of Iowa//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. Print __ Goodman, Jane E.. //Berber culture on the world stage from village to video//. Bloomington: #|Indiana University Press, 2005. Print.

This helped me because I got the commercialization and technology from this book.

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"AL-BAB: an open door to the Arab world." //AL-BAB: an open door to the Arab world//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. . This helped me get my general knoledge on the berbers.

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