Shawiya people

E666507

Amazigh people ethnic group

The Shawiya people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to Algeria’s Aurès Mountains, known for their distinct culture, history of resistance, and use of the Shawiya (Chaouia) language.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chaoui people	8
Shawiya people canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amazigh people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Algeria ⓘ
culture	Amazigh culture ⓘ Berber culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn	Aurès region NERFINISHED ⓘ Batna Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Biskra Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Khenchela Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Oum El Bouaghi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Tébessa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonym	Chaouia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Aït Abdi NERFINISHED ⓘ Aït Frah NERFINISHED ⓘ Aït Yaala NERFINISHED ⓘ Harakta NERFINISHED ⓘ Nememcha NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousTo	Aurès Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	distinct Amazigh cultural traditions ⓘ history of resistance to foreign rule ⓘ participation in Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
languageFamily	Amazigh languages ⓘ Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Chaouia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawiya language NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Amazigh world NERFINISHED ⓘ Berber world NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	Aurès Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Kabyle people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mzab people NERFINISHED ⓘ Riffian people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuareg people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalCraft	pottery ⓘ silver jewelry ⓘ weaving ⓘ
traditionalDress	colorful woven garments ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ transhumant herding ⓘ
traditionalMusic	Auresian music ⓘ
traditionalRegionType	mountainous region ⓘ
uses	Amazigh motifs in textiles ⓘ
usesScript	Arabic script ⓘ Tifinagh script NERFINISHED ⓘ