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)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnolinguistic group
indigenous people
associatedWith Carthaginian period
Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
Numidia
Roman North Africa
culture oral poetry
silver jewelry
traditional music
tribal social organization
weaving
hasAlternativeName Amazigh
linked to: Berbers

Imazighen
linked to: Berbers
hasEndonym Amazigh
linked to: Berbers

Imazighen
linked to: Berbers
hasExonym Berbers
hasSubgroup Chaoui
Kabyles
linked to: Kabyle

Riffians
Shilha
Tuareg
hasSymbol Amazigh flag
Yaz letter (ⵣ)
historicalReligion Christianity
Judaism
indigenous Berber religion
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
locatedIn Maghreb
linked to: North Africa

North Africa
predates Arabization of North Africa
Islamization of North Africa
presentInCountry Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Tunisia
presentInRegion Atlas Mountains
Rif Mountains
linked to: Atlas Mountains

Sahara Desert
recognizedAs indigenous people of North Africa
religion Sunni Islam
speaks Berber languages
Kabyle
Tamazight
linked to: Berber languages

Tarifit
Tashelhit
Tuareg languages
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
Latin alphabet
Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (196)

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

Arab world hasEthnicGroup Berbers
Atlas Mountains ethnicGroup Berbers
Berber languages spokenBy Amazigh people
linked to: Berbers
Berber languages spokenBy Berber people
linked to: Berbers
Berber languages hasLanguage Mozabite
linked to: Berbers
Berber languages ethnolinguisticGroup Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
Algeria majorEthnicGroup Berbers
Old Town of Ghadamès hasCulturalAssociation Berber culture
linked to: Berbers
Berbers hasAlternativeName Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
Berbers hasAlternativeName Imazighen
linked to: Berbers
Berbers hasEndonym Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
Berbers hasEndonym Imazighen
linked to: Berbers
Berbers hasExonym Berbers
Morocco nationalLanguageGroup Berber
linked to: Berbers
Rabat officialLanguage Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
Algiers wasFoundedBy Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers
Spanish Sahara populationGroup Sahrawi people
linked to: Berbers
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Berbers
Cyrenaica ethnicGroup Berbers
Dougga foundedBy Numidians
subject linked to: Dougga / Thugga
linked to: Berbers
Anti-Atlas ethnicGroup Amazigh
linked to: Berbers
São Jorge Castle builtBy Moors
linked to: Berbers
Fatimid Caliphate militaryForce Kutama Berbers
linked to: Berbers
Fatimid Caliphate ethnicBase Berbers
Melilla hasEthnicCommunity Berber
linked to: Berbers
Tarifit ethnicGroup Riffian people
linked to: Berbers
Tifinagh usedBy Amazigh people
linked to: Berbers
Tamazight (generic) coversVariety Mozabite
linked to: Berbers
Tamazight (generic) hasEthnicGroup Amazigh people
linked to: Berbers
Tamazight (generic) hasEthnicGroup Berber people
linked to: Berbers
Shilha spokenBy Amazigh people
linked to: Berbers
Guanche people ethnicOrigin Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers
Shenwa spokenBy Chenoua people
linked to: Berbers
Rif War opponent Berber Rif tribes
linked to: Berbers
Regulares ethnicComposition Berber (historically significant component)
linked to: Berbers
Blue Men of the Sahara partOf Amazigh (Berber) peoples
linked to: Berbers
Silves wasRuledBy Moors
linked to: Berbers
Ghadamès ethnicGroup Berber
linked to: Berbers
Imajaghan hasHeritage Berber
linked to: Berbers
Oran Arabic hasContactWith Berber
linked to: Berbers
Numidia ethnicComposition Berbers
Mauretania (ancient kingdom) ethnicComposition Berber
linked to: Berbers
Riffians ethnicity Berber
linked to: Berbers
Chaoui nativeNameLanguage Berber
linked to: Berbers