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

Mimoun languageOfOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Mimoun ethnicOrigin Berbers
subject surface form: Alain Mimoun
this entity surface form: Berber
Moroccan Sahara ethnicGroup Berbers
Apuleius ethnicOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Barbary Coast namedAfter Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber people
Barbary States nameRefersTo Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Moroccan ethnicComponents Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Tindouf ethnicGroupsPresent Berbers
Tariq ibn Ziyad ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Setif language Berbers
subject surface form: Sétif
this entity surface form: Berber
Islamic period hasMajorLanguage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Ali ibn Yusuf ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Taifa of Málaga ethnicComposition Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Hassaniya-speaking Moors ethnicComposition Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Abdallah ibn Yasin ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Sanhaja ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Sanhaja partOf Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Moorish architecture developedBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Moors
Taifa of Badajoz ethnicGroup Berbers
Leo Africanus ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Oriental Region recognizedLanguage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Northern Sahara inhabitedBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber peoples
Northern Sahara inhabitedBy Berbers
this entity surface form: Mozabites
M’Zab Valley ethnicGroup Berbers
Ghardaïa ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Mozabites
Mozabite Berber ethnicAssociation Berbers
this entity surface form: Mozabites
Abu Sa'id Uthman II ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Moulay Idriss II maternalEthnicOrigin Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Nafusi Berber ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber people
Yafran hasHeritage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Nalut ethnicGroup Berbers
Jadu hasHeritage Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Jadu ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Amazigh people
Banu Marin ethnicity Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber
Wattasid dynasty ethnicGroup Berbers
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq ethnicGroup Berbers
this entity surface form: Berber