Chaoui

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Chaoui refers to the Shawiya people, an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Aurès Mountains region of northeastern Algeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chaoui canonical 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh people
Berber people
ethnic group
indigenous people
continent Africa
country Algeria
countryOfCitizenship Algeria
culturalHeritage Amazigh customs and traditions
culture Amazigh culture
linked to: Amazigh

Berber culture
ethnicGroupOf Algeria
ethnolinguisticGroup Shawiya
ethnonym Chaouia
linked to: Batna Province

Shawiya
geographicFeature mountainous region
hasOralTradition yes
historicalRegion Numidia
language Shawiya language
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
languageStatus Berber language of Algeria
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Algeria
nativeName Ishawiyen
nativeNameLanguage Berber
linked to: Berbers
partOf Amazigh world
linked to: Amazigh

Maghreb Berber populations
primaryRegion Aurès Mountains
northeastern Algeria
recognizedAs indigenous population of Algeria
relatedEthnicGroup Kabyle
Mozabite
linked to: Berbers

Riffian Berbers
linked to: Riffian Berber

Tuareg
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
traditionalArchitecture mountain villages
traditionalDance Amazigh dance
traditionalDress Amazigh clothing
linked to: Amazigh
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
animal husbandry
pastoralism
traditionalMusic Chaoui music
traditionalRegion Aurès
linked to: Aurès Mountains

Batna Province
Biskra Province
Khenchela Province
linked to: Batna Province

Oum El Bouaghi Province
Tébessa Province
usesScript Arabic script
Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Berbers hasSubgroup Chaoui
Haut Commissariat à l’Amazighité focusesOn Chaoui
Shawiya alsoKnownAs Chaoui
Ishawiyen exonymForm Chaoui