Berbers

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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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Observed surface forms (22)

Surface form	Occurrences
Berber	12
Amazigh	5
Amazigh people	4
Sahrawi people	4
Berber people	3
Moors	3
Mozabite	3
Berber peoples	2
Imazighen	2
Amazigh (Berber) peoples	1
Berber (Amazigh)	1
Berber (historically significant component)	1
Berber Rif tribes	1
Berber culture	1
Berberism	1
Chenoua people	1
Ibadi Berbers	1
Indigenous Algerian Muslims	1
Kutama Berbers	1
Mozabites	1
Numidians	1
Riffian people	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 (73)

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

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → associatedPeople → Berbers ⓘ

Amazigh flag → associatedWith → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berberism

Moorish Castle → builtBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moors

São Jorge Castle → builtBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moors

Tamazight (generic) → coversVariety → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozabite

Medina of Tetouan → culturalInfluence → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Fatimid Caliphate → ethnicBase → Berbers ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Almoravid dynasty → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Kingdom of Granada → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Numidia → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

Regulares → ethnicComposition → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber (historically significant component)

Almohad dynasty → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Anti-Atlas → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Atlas Mountains → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Cyrenaica → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

French Algeria → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous Algerian Muslims

French Algeria → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

French North Africa → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Ghadamès → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Ibn Battuta → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

M’zab region of Algeria → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: M’zab region

this entity surface form: Mozabites

Saguia el-Hamra → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahrawi people

Tarifit → ethnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian people

Río de Oro → ethnicGroups → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahrawi people

Guanche people → ethnicOrigin → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber peoples

Riffians → ethnicity → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Berber languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Dougga / Thugga → foundedBy → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Dougga

this entity surface form: Numidians

M’zab region of Algeria → foundedBy → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: M’zab region

this entity surface form: Ibadi Berbers

Berbers → hasAlternativeName → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Berbers → hasAlternativeName → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imazighen

Oran Arabic → hasContactWith → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Old Town of Ghadamès → hasCulturalAssociation → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber culture

northern Morocco → hasCulturalInfluence → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco

this entity surface form: Berber

Berbers → hasEndonym → Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Berbers → hasEndonym → Berbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imazighen

Melilla → hasEthnicCommunity → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Djerba in Tunisia → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Djerba

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Jebel Nafusa in Libya → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Jebel Nafusa

Middle East and North Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

northern Morocco → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco

Tamazight (generic) → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Tamazight (generic) → hasEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber people

Northwest Africa → hasEthnoLinguisticGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber (Amazigh)

Berbers → hasExonym → Berbers self-link ⓘ

Imajaghan → hasHeritage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber