Editing Kabyle language (section)

=== Geographical distribution ===
[[File:Aires linguistiques du nord-est algérien.svg|thumb|Map of the linguistic situation of Kabyle in eastern Algeria.<ref>Salem Chaker, ''Textes en Linguistique Berbère'', Éditions du CNRS, Paris, 1984, ISBN 2-222-03578-3, p. 28 (carte LAPMO-YA);

</ref><ref>Pierre Bourdieu, ''Sociologie de l'Algérie'', PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? » n° 802, Paris, 1980, 6e éd. (1e éd. 1958), ISBN 2-13-036387-3, p. 10.</ref>]]
Kabyle Berber is native to [[Kabylie|Kabylia]]. It is present in seven Algerian districts. Approximately one-third of Algerians are Berber-speakers, clustered mostly near [[Algiers]], in Kabylian and Shawi, but with some communities related to Kabyle in the west ([[Shenwa language]]s), east and south of the country.<ref name="laval">{{cite web |title=Algérie: Situation géographique et démolinguistique |publisher=Université Laval |first1=Jacques |last1=Leclerc |first2=Lionel |last2=Jean |date=2022-04-22 |url=https://axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/algerie-1demo.htm |access-date=2023-02-26 |language=fr |archive-date=2023-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331102324/https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/algerie-1demo.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The populations of Béjaïa (Bgayet), [[Bouïra|Bouïra (Tubirett)]] and [[Tizi Ouzou]] (Tizi Wezzu) provinces are in majority Kabyle-speaking. In addition, Kabyle is mainly spoken in the provinces of [[Boumerdès]], and as well as in [[Bordj Bou Arréridj]], [[Jijel]], and in [[Algiers]] where it coexists with [[Algerian Arabic]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Kabyle Berber is also spoken as a native language among the Algerian Kabyle-descended diaspora in European and North American cities (mainly France). It is estimated that half of Kabyles live outside the Kabylian region.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}