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.

All labels observed (27)

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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

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Referenced by (196)

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

Zenati hasSubfamily Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Abd el-Krim ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Abd el-Krim was leader of Rifian forces ethnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Abd el-Krim
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Abd el-Krim was leader of Rifian forces ethnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Abd el-Krim
this entity surface form: Berber
Rif Republic populationMajority Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian Berbers
Masinissa ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Numidians
Masinissa culture Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Imuhar hasCulturalHeritage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ahmad Zarruq ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Tamasheq languageBranch Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Cydamus hasCulturalContext Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Amazigh hasAlternativeName Berbers
this entity surface form: Imazighen
Amazigh hasAlternativeName Berbers
Amazigh hasEndonym Berbers
this entity surface form: Imazighen
Amazigh hasSubgroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Abd al-Rahman I maternalOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Zeugitana culturalInfluence Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ifoghas ethnicSubdivisionOf Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Lusius Quietus ethnicOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Mauri ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Mauri neighboringPeoples Berbers
this entity surface form: Numidians
Irifiyen endonymFor Berbers
this entity surface form: Riffian people
Irifiyen ethnicIdentity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ishawiyen hasEthnicIdentity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Massylii ethnicGroup Berbers
Masaesyli ethnicGroup Berbers
Masaesyli ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Numidians
Numidian cavalry ethnicallyAssociatedWith Berbers
this entity surface form: Numidians
Africa Nova hasEthnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Numidians
Gaetulia ethnicGroup Berbers
Juba II ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Aurès Mountains culturalRegionOf Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Aurès Mountains ethnicGroup Berbers
Ifni ethnicGroups Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Nasrid dynasty ethnicGroup Berbers
Ichelḥiyen ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ichelḥiyen partOf Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples of North Africa
eastern Libya containsEthnicGroup Berbers
subject surface form: Eastern Libya
Ibn Tumart ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ibn Tumart language Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Hafsid dynasty ethnicGroup Berbers
Abd al-Mu’min ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Abu Yaqub Yusuf culture Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber