KABYLE GOVERNMENT IN EXILE
Ministry of the Kabyle Language and Culture
On this International Mother Language Day, the Kabyle Government in Exile strongly reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the Kabyle language, a fundamental pillar of our identity and collective memory.
In a context marked by systematic denial, repression, and attempts to erase our language and culture, this day takes on particular significance. While linguistic diversity is celebrated worldwide, we, Kabyle people, are forced to fight for the simple right to exist in our own language.
The Kabyle language is much more than a means of communication. It carries within it the history of our people, their worldview, poetry, philosophy, and aspiration for freedom. The institutional marginalization it faces, the obstacles to its teaching, the censorship of its speakers, and the persecution of its defenders are all violations of a fundamental right: the right to speak, write, and pass on one’s mother tongue without fear or constraint.
We salute all those who undertake actions to preserve and keep the Kabyle language alive, despite the obstacles. Every word spoken, every text written, every song sung in our language is an act of resistance and an affirmation of our existence.
We call for relentless mobilization to build a Kabyle State, the only entity capable of mobilizing the genuine energy, will, and all the financial, material, and human resources essential for the revitalization and emancipation of our millennia-old language. This is the only sustainable path for our language.
Ass-a d ass agraɣlan n tutlayt tayemmatt neɣ n tutlayt n lejdud akken neqqar s yeqvayliyen.
Ad t-id-nini as d-nales:
Taqvaylit ur telli d ṭenṭala, ur telli d tutlayt n nnger, ur telli d tutlayt n temnat neɣ n tkemmict.
Taqvaylit ger tutlayin tiqvurin deg umaḍal i d-yeddren ar ass-a. Si zik n zik d nettat i ɣ-ijemɛen, i ɣ-yesdukklen d tatmaten.
S yess i si nezdi lqedd d aɣref ameqqran yekkaten ad d-yessufeɣ iman-is si tuccar n temharsa yevdan di 1857 ar ass-a.
Skud nettmeslay-itt ad nidir, ad tidir tmurt taqvaylit d tilellit !
Rachida Ider,
Minister of the Kabyle Language and Culture
February 21, 2025
SIWEL 211319 FEB 25