Haha, already asked them Fenris. But no answers yet...I do know that a wide range of saif's were used, as well as "Berber sword" types which consisted of rehilted imported blades mostly. Touaregs had their takouba's, and other Berbers had a range of daggers ranging from the shula to the khodme and koummiya. But I've asked what was the indigenous kabyle weapon prior to Ottoman arrival. That's why we need archaological records...no answer
In one of the thread in the "Big Flyssa..." I argued that since there are examples of imported Turkish yataghan fitted with native scabbards and fittings, those scabbards must have had a preceding weapon type. But no one seems to know about it or at least share it publicly...