Abstract: This contribution addresses the problem of the creation and the integration of neologisms in the Berber language after having taken on new functions as a result of its status being newly enshrined in the constitution. Because it has become a taught language and a language of teaching, its lexicon extended by neological practice that is done in two contradictory, but complementary directions. Indeed, researchers write dictionaries to suggest words to keep the language pure, but users and communication professionals actually use different kinds of neologisms drawing on processes that are not used by lexicographers.
