Berbers

E6842

ethnic group ethnolinguistic group indigenous people

The Berbers, or Amazigh, are an indigenous ethnic group of North Africa with their own distinct languages and cultural traditions, predating Arab and Islamic influences in the region.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Berber	64
Berbers canonical	57
Berber peoples	8
Berber people	7
Riffian people	7
Numidians	6
Amazigh	5
Amazigh people	5
Imazighen	4
Moors	4
Mozabites	4
Sahrawi people	4
Berber culture	3
Mozabite	3
Riffian Berbers	3
Algerian Berbers	1
Amazigh (Berber) peoples	1
Berber (Amazigh)	1
Berber (historically significant component)	1
Berber Rif tribes	1
Berber peoples of North Africa	1
Berberism	1
Chenoua people	1
Ibadi Berbers	1
Indigenous Algerian Muslims	1
Kutama Berbers	1
North African Berber populations	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ ethnolinguistic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith	Carthaginian period ⓘ Mauretania (ancient kingdom) ⓘ Numidia ⓘ Africa Proconsularis ⓘ surface form: Roman North Africa
culture	oral poetry ⓘ silver jewelry ⓘ traditional music ⓘ tribal social organization ⓘ weaving ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Amazigh Berbers ⓘ surface form: Imazighen
hasEndonym	Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amazigh Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imazighen
hasExonym	Berbers self-link ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Chaoui ⓘ Kabyle ⓘ surface form: Kabyles Riffians ⓘ Shilha ⓘ Tuareg ⓘ
hasSymbol	Amazigh flag ⓘ Yaz letter (ⵣ) ⓘ
historicalReligion	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ indigenous Berber religion ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ surface form: Maghreb North Africa ⓘ
predates	Arabization of North Africa ⓘ Islamization of North Africa ⓘ
presentInCountry	Algeria ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Libya ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Niger ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ
presentInRegion	Atlas Mountains ⓘ Atlas Mountains ⓘ surface form: Rif Mountains Sahara Desert ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous people of North Africa ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
speaks	Berber languages ⓘ Kabyle ⓘ Berber languages ⓘ surface form: Tamazight Tarifit ⓘ Tashelhit ⓘ Tuareg languages ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ Tifinagh ⓘ

Referenced by (196)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

North Africa → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Atlas Mountains → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Berber languages → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Berber languages → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber people

Berber languages → hasLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozabite

Berber languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Algeria → majorEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Old Town of Ghadamès → hasCulturalAssociation → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber culture

Berbers → hasAlternativeName → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Berbers → hasAlternativeName → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imazighen

Berbers → hasEndonym → Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Berbers → hasEndonym → Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imazighen

Berbers → hasExonym → Berbers self-link ⓘ

Morocco → nationalLanguageGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Rabat → officialLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Abbasid Caliphate → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Algiers → wasFoundedBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber peoples

Spanish Sahara → populationGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahrawi people

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Cyrenaica → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Dougga / Thugga → foundedBy → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Dougga

this entity surface form: Numidians

French North Africa → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Anti-Atlas → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

São Jorge Castle → builtBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moors

Fatimid Caliphate → militaryForce → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kutama Berbers

Fatimid Caliphate → ethnicBase → Berbers ⓘ

Melilla → hasEthnicCommunity → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Tarifit → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian people

Tifinagh → usedBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Tamazight (generic) → coversVariety → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozabite

Tamazight (generic) → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Tamazight (generic) → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber people

Shilha → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Guanche people → ethnicOrigin → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber peoples

Shenwa → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chenoua people

Rif War → opponent → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber Rif tribes

Regulares → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber (historically significant component)

Kingdom of Granada → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Blue Men of the Sahara → partOf → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh (Berber) peoples

Silves → wasRuledBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moors

Ghadamès → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Imajaghan → hasHeritage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Oran Arabic → hasContactWith → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Islamization of North Africa → significantGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Numidia → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → associatedPeople → Berbers ⓘ

Riffians → ethnicity → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Chaoui → nativeNameLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber