Berbers

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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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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

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Referenced by (196)

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

Chaoui relatedEthnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Mozabite
Tashelhit languageBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Medina of Tetouan culturalInfluence Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Almohad dynasty ethnicGroup Berbers
Amazigh flag represents Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber people
Amazigh flag associatedWith Berbers
this entity surface form: Berberism
Moorish Castle builtBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Moors
French Algeria ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Indigenous Algerian Muslims
French Algeria ethnicGroup Berbers
Saguia el-Hamra ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Sahrawi people
Polisario Front represents Berbers
this entity surface form: Sahrawi people
Northwest Africa hasEthnoLinguisticGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber (Amazigh)
northern Morocco hasEthnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
northern Morocco hasCulturalInfluence Berbers
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
this entity surface form: Berber
M’zab region of Algeria ethnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: M’zab region
this entity surface form: Mozabites
M’zab region of Algeria foundedBy Berbers
subject surface form: M’zab region
this entity surface form: Ibadi Berbers
Río de Oro ethnicGroups Berbers
this entity surface form: Sahrawi people
Ibn Battuta ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Jebel Nafusa in Libya hasEthnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Jebel Nafusa
Djerba in Tunisia hasEthnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Djerba
Toubkal National Park languageRegion Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ouarzazate region ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
County of Sicily ethnicGroup Berbers
Tafraoute ethnicGroup Berbers
Azrou hasCulturalHeritage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber culture
Thugga hasCulturalOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Rif Mountains inhabitedBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian Berbers
Rif Mountains culturalRegionOf Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Ghadames Oasis ethnicGroupsHistoricallyAssociated Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Central Atlas Tamazight ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber people
Central Atlas Tamazight languageBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Rifian languageBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Tarifit language spokenBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Tétouan historicalInfluence Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber culture
Shilha people relatedEthnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Tamazight languageBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Tamazight hasEthnolinguisticGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber people
Zliten hasEthnicGroup Berbers
Cirta languageUsed Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Shawiya partOf Berbers
this entity surface form: North African Berber populations
Shawiya relatedGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian Berbers
Chenoua Massif nameLanguage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Annaba Province languageUsed Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ibn Battuta (region of Sindh) ethnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Ibn Battuta
this entity surface form: Berber
French Zouaves originalRecruitmentPopulation Berbers
this entity surface form: Algerian Berbers
Ghomara language hasBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber