Aitsiselmi Farid. 2001. So., cultural and linguistic issues in the standardization of Tam azight in Algeria. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal 9(1). 73-94. The aim of this article is to examine the sociolinguistic situation in Algeria with special reference to Tamazight, the indigenous language spoken in North Africa and to review the factors which led to the decision to use the Roman alphabet to transcribe Tamazight. Tamazight has yet to be recognised as national language by the Algerian constitution but a number of events in the recent history of the country have resulted in s official recognition of the language and the setting up of institutions in some of the promotion of Tamazight with a view to introducing it as a medium of education at least in the stem where it is used as a mother tongue. Tamazight being a spoken language its introduction the educational system requires process of standardization the first step of which is its codification and the selection of alphabet to transcribe it. The article e cultural and linguistic issues which have to be taken into consideration min the choice of a system to transcribe a language with no previous written tradition, and to explore the problems raised by its transcription once an alphabet has been chosen (The University of Bradford)