Berber

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Berber
    n 1: a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
    2: a cluster of related dialects that were once the major
       language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly
       in Morocco

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Berber \Ber"ber\ (b[~e]r"b[~e]r), n. [See {Barbary}.]
   A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often
   classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the
   whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into
   the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region;
   -- called also {Kabyles}. Also, the language spoken by this
   people.
   [1913 Webster]