Kabyle people

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The Kabyle people are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to the Kabylie region of northern Algeria, known for their distinct Tamazight (Kabyle) language, rich cultural traditions, and historical resistance to outside rule.

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Surface form Occurrences
Kabyles 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Algeria
countryOfDiaspora Belgium NERFINISHED
Canada NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
countryOfficialRecognitionOfLanguage Algeria NERFINISHED
culture Kabyle dance
Kabyle jewelry NERFINISHED
Kabyle music
Kabyle poetry
Kabyle pottery
ethnicGroupOf Kabylie NERFINISHED
ethnonym Iqbayliyen NERFINISHED
historicalCharacteristic resistance to outside rule
historicalPeriodOfResistance French colonial rule in Algeria NERFINISHED
indigenousTo Kabylie NERFINISHED
language Kabyle language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages NERFINISHED
majorCity Bejaia NERFINISHED
Bouira NERFINISHED
Tizi Ouzou NERFINISHED
movement Berber cultural revival
Kabyle autonomy movement
notableLanguageActivismEvent Berber Spring NERFINISHED
Black Spring NERFINISHED
notablePerson Ait Menguellet NERFINISHED
Ferhat Mehenni NERFINISHED
Idir NERFINISHED
Matoub Lounes NERFINISHED
Mouloud Mammeri NERFINISHED
Tassadit Yacine NERFINISHED
partOf Amazigh world NERFINISHED
politicalOrganization Front of Socialist Forces NERFINISHED
Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie NERFINISHED
Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie NERFINISHED
Rally for Culture and Democracy NERFINISHED
recognizedLanguageStatus Tamazight official language of Algeria
region Kabylie NERFINISHED
Tell Atlas NERFINISHED
northern Algeria NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Chaoui people NERFINISHED
Riffian people NERFINISHED
Shilha people NERFINISHED
Tuareg people NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Sunni Islam
secularism
selfDesignation Imazighen NERFINISHED
traditionalClothing Kabyle dress NERFINISHED
embroidered tunic
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry
fig cultivation
olive cultivation
traditionalFood couscous
taguella
traditionalHousing stone mountain villages
traditionalInstrument bendir
gasba flute
mandole
writingSystem Latin alphabet
Tifinagh NERFINISHED

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Béjaïa Province ethnicGroup Kabyle people
Marie-José Nat ethnicGroup Kabyle people
Amazigh hasSubgroup Kabyle people
Djurdjura Mountains inhabitedBy Kabyle people
French Zouaves originalRecruitmentPopulation Kabyle people
this entity surface form: Kabyles
Irifiyen relatedGroup Kabyle people