Tizi Ouzou is a province (wilayah) of Algeria in the Kabylia region. Its capital is Tizi Ouzou.

Kabyle or Kabylian is a Berber language (tamazight) spoken by the Kabyle people in the north and northeast of Algeria. It is spoken primarily in Kabylia, east of the capital Algiers and in Algiers itself, but also by various groups near Blida, such as the Beni Salah and Beni Bou Yaqob.