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.

Berber languages → hasLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozabite

North Africa → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Umayyad conquest of Hispania → involvedEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Tashelhit → languageBranch → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Algeria → majorEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Fatimid Caliphate → militaryForce → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kutama Berbers

Morocco → nationalLanguageGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Chaoui → nativeNameLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber

Rabat → officialLanguage → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh

Rif War → opponent → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber Rif tribes

Blue Men of the Sahara → partOf → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh (Berber) peoples

Spanish Sahara → populationGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahrawi people

Chaoui → relatedEthnicGroup → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mozabite

Amazigh flag → represents → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber people

Polisario Front → represents → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahrawi people

Islamization of North Africa → significantGroup → Berbers ⓘ

Berber languages → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Berber languages → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber people

Shenwa → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chenoua people

Shilha → spokenBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Tifinagh → usedBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazigh people

Algiers → wasFoundedBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berber peoples

Silves → wasRuledBy → Berbers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moors