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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Chaoui people 8
Shawiya people canonical 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 NERFINISHED
Batna Province NERFINISHED
Biskra Province NERFINISHED
Khenchela Province NERFINISHED
Oum El Bouaghi Province NERFINISHED
Tébessa Province NERFINISHED
ethnonym Chaouia NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Aït Abdi NERFINISHED
Aït Frah NERFINISHED
Aït Yaala NERFINISHED
Harakta NERFINISHED
Nememcha NERFINISHED
indigenousTo Aurès Mountains NERFINISHED
knownFor distinct Amazigh cultural traditions
history of resistance to foreign rule
participation in Algerian War of Independence
languageFamily Amazigh languages
Berber languages NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Chaouia language NERFINISHED
Shawiya language NERFINISHED
partOf Amazigh world NERFINISHED
Berber world NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Aurès Mountains NERFINISHED
eastern Algeria NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Kabyle people NERFINISHED
Mzab people NERFINISHED
Riffian people NERFINISHED
Tuareg people NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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