Among the Berber languages are Tarifit or Riffi (northern Morocco), Kabyle (Algeria) and Tachelhit (central Morocco).
Etymologically, it means "language of the free" or "of the noblemen." Traditionally, the term "tamazight" (in various forms: "thamazighth", "tamasheq", "tamajeq", "tamahaq") was used by many Berber groups to refer to the language they spoke, including the Middle Atlas, the Rif, Sened in Tunisia, and the Tuareg.
The Berber languages have two cases of the noun, organized ergatively: one is unmarked, while the other serves for the subject of a transitive verb and the object of a preposition, among other contexts.
After all, if language learning is a form of investment, people want to be reasonably certain that there will be some kind of return on that investment in the form of use value: they want to be able to use the language in interaction with other people.
The native language of the entire population is Haitian Creole, a language with a distinct grammar and vocabulary formed at the time of colonization through contact between European settlers and the diverse population of enslaved Africans.
French is the official language of France, and is used in everyday communication, in education, and in administration by the entire population.
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