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The Atlas languages are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language spoken by perhaps 14 million people; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by the Royal institute of the Amazigh culture. They are:

• Central Atlas Tamazight (Central Atlas Berber), spoken in the central Atlas Mountains
• Shilha (Tashelhiyt; also rendered Tachelhit, Tasusit; includes Judeo-Berber and perhaps the extinct Lisan al-Gharbi), spoken in southern Morocco
• Sanhaja de Srair, spoken in the southern part of the Rif
• Ghomara, spoken in the western part of the Rif
• Lisan al-Gharbi, formerly spoken in western Morocco.

References

1. ^ Maarten Kossmann, "Berber subclassification (preliminary version)", Leiden (2011)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Atlas Berber". Glottolog 4.3.
3. ^ Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004".

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