So beautiful, @amalmez! This post got me interested in reading more about Amazigh people, so I did a Google search and started reading. Then I found this:
The name Berber derives from an ancient Egyptian language term meaning "outlander" or variations thereof. The exonym was later adopted by the Greeks, with a similar connotation.
This made me kind of embarrassed, as this is the word we use in the Norwegian language as well. Of course, no one knows this means «outlander», but still. Since the quote also names «Greeks» (and not «Hellenes»), I guess this is something that goes for many people. Should we not, in the age of internet and easy access to knowledge, use the proper words that the people in question use themselves?
Fun fact: In Norwegian, we used the name Grekenland for Hellas until 1932 (source in Norwegian), when people using Nynorsk (one of two written variations of Norwegian, and by far the least used) demanded the change. So I guess we could raise the Amazigh case as well. Language is changing slowly, but it always starts somewhere, so why not here at @onebitnews?
Hi @alvheid,
Your comment has made me check your blog and I found that you are a lady! So I added you to @barbro, @Susanne and my two sisters @gagago and @amalmez in my comment at "your steem magazine" issue.
By the way, I have seen that you are interested in sourdough! My wife and I just started making sourdough bread as our forefathers had done before because of its health benefits compared to ordinary bread.
@hasmez
Thank you for the add! And for the reminder – I need to make sourdough today, so I can have fresh bread for breakfast tomorrow! :) I also make sourdough bread for the health benefits, and I see more and more people are also starting to make fermented vegetables and other traditional, health-giving foods, both local and inspired from other parts of the world.
Yes @alvheid you're right, unfortunately the original inhabitants have become foreigners, in addition to the language that begins to disappear gradually. and as you mentioned we could raise the Amazigh case, and why not start here at @onebitnews 👍🏼
Hi @Alvheid Sorry but I have a clarification for you we are not Berberes, we are Amazigh there is a great difference between them. open this link and you will find the explanation and if you do not understand the French language then you have only "copy paste" to google translation 😉😊. http://amazigh.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/04/11/appellation-dorigine-amazigh-ou-berbere/