Although the official language is classical Arabic, about 40 percent of the population still speaks Berber. 虽然官方语言是阿拉伯文,但约有四成人口仍讲柏柏尔语。
Local people there have been demanding the Berber language to be recognized as an official language in the constitution of Algeria. 当地民众要求在宪法中确定柏柏尔语为阿官方语言。