Shawiya people

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The Shawiya people are an Amazigh (Berber) ethnic group indigenous to Algeria’s Aurès Mountains, known for their distinct culture, history of resistance, and use of the Shawiya (Chaouia) language.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chaoui people 8
Shawiya people canonical 8
Shawi people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
culture Amazigh culture ⓘ
Berber culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Aurès region ⓘ
Batna Province ⓘ
Biskra Province ⓘ
Khenchela Province ⓘ
Oum El Bouaghi Province ⓘ
Tébessa Province ⓘ
ethnonym Chaouia ⓘ
linked to: Chaouïa
hasSubgroup Aït Abdi ⓘ
linked to: Aït Frah

Aït Frah ⓘ
Aït Yaala ⓘ
linked to: Aït Frah

Harakta ⓘ
Nememcha ⓘ
indigenousTo Aurès Mountains ⓘ
knownFor distinct Amazigh cultural traditions ⓘ
history of resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
participation in Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
languageFamily Amazigh languages ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
nativeLanguage Chaouia language ⓘ
Shawiya language ⓘ
partOf Amazigh world ⓘ
linked to: Berber world

Berber world ⓘ
primaryRegion Aurès Mountains ⓘ
eastern Algeria ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kabyle people ⓘ
Mzab people ⓘ
Riffian people ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berbers

Tuareg people ⓘ
linked to: Tuareg
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalCraft pottery ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalDress colorful woven garments ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
transhumant herding ⓘ
traditionalMusic Auresian music ⓘ
traditionalRegionType mountainous region ⓘ
uses Amazigh motifs in textiles ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ
Tifinagh script ⓘ
linked to: Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Shawiya language → spokenBy → Shawiya people ⓘ
Amazigh → hasSubgroup → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Ishawiyen → endonymFor → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Ishawiyen → hasAlternativeName → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Ishawiyen → nativeNameOf → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Ishawiyen → usedBy → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Batna Province → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Aurès Mountains → culturalRegionOf → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Oum El Bouaghi Province → ethnicGroup → Chaoui people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Chaoui of Tunisia → relatedEthnicGroup → Shawiya people ⓘ
Tacawit → spokenBy → Shawiya people ⓘ
Tébessa Province → hasEthnicGroup → Shawiya people ⓘ
Khenchela Province → culturalRegionOf → Shawiya people ⓘ
Khenchela Province → ethnicGroup → Shawiya people ⓘ
Aurès region → ethnicGroup → Shawiya people ⓘ
Chaoui music → hasCulturalOrigin → Shawi people ⓘ
linked to: Shawiya people
Chaoui traditional dress → ethnicGroup → Shawiya people ⓘ