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THE AMAZIRGH ATLANTIDÆ.
The Amazirgh, a native name of one of the Cabyle tribes of Algiers, is here used in a general sense, instead of the more usual term Berber; a term which is nowhere recognized by any Amazirgh population, and which, under a modified form, is recognized by portions of the non-Amazirgh Nubians.
AMAZIRGH NATIONS AND TRIBES.
Physical conformation.—Sometimes a modification of the Negro, sometimes of the Arab type.
Languages.—With a vocabulary generally considered to be peculiar, but with a grammatical structure considered to be (if not absolutely Semitic) sub-Semitic.
Distribution.—Speaking roughly, the whole north-western quarter of Africa plus a narrow strip along the Mediterranean from about 15° east latitude to the confines of Ægypt.
Descent.—From the ancient Gætulians, Numidians, Mauritanians, and Cyrenæans.
Area.—Encroached upon along the coast of the Mediterranean—