Shenwa people
E719997
The Shenwa people are an indigenous Berber ethnic group of northern Algeria, traditionally inhabiting the Chenoua region near Tipaza and maintaining their own distinct language and cultural practices.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| autonym | Ichenwiyen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| culturalContinuity | pre-Arab Amazigh population of coastal Algeria ⓘ |
| culturalIdentity | Amazigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
agropastoralism
ⓘ
collective village life ⓘ olive cultivation ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ traditional music ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exonym | Chenoua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | Mount Chenoua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | indigenous population of Algeria ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageShiftPressure | Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Shenwa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
Berber languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tell Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
Tipaza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainReligionBranch | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainReligiousSchool | Maliki Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amazigh world
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Berber peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northern Algeria ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Chaoui people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kabyle people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mzab people NERFINISHED ⓘ Riffian people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuareg people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticSituation | bilingual in Shenwa and Arabic ⓘ |
| threatenedLanguage | Shenwa language ⓘ |
| traditionalArchitecture | stone houses ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
small-scale herding
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Chenoua region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tipaza Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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