Arab-Berber

Arab-Berber
Total population
c. 96 million
Regions with significant populations
Maghreb
 Algeria43 million
(99% of the population)
 Morocco36 million
(99% of the population)
 Tunisia11 million
(98% of the population)
 Libya5.8 million
(97% of the population)
 Francec. 3 million
(at least some Maghrebi ancestry)
 Mauritania1.3 million
(30% of the population)
 Canada37,060
Languages
Maghrebi Arabic
Religion
Predominantly Islam
(Sunni; also Shi'a, Ibadi);
minority Judaism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Arabs, Sahrawi, Tuareg, Berbers, Arabized-Berber, other Afroasiatic-speaking peoples

Arab-Berber (Arabic: العرب والبربر al-ʿarab wa-l-barbar) is an ethnolinguistic group of the Maghreb, a large region of North Africa along the Mediterranean Sea. Arab-Berbers are people of mixed Arab and Berber origin, most of whom speak a variant of Maghrebi Arabic as their native language.

Notes

  1. ↑ The CIA World Factbook states that about 15% of Algerians, a minority, identify as Berber even though many Algerians have Berber origins. The Factbook explains that of the approximately 15% who identify as Berber, most live in the Kabylie region, more closely identify with Berber heritage instead of Arab heritage, and are Muslim.

References

  1. ↑ "The World Factbook – Algeria". Central Intelligence Agency. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Morocco in CIA World Factbook". CIA.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. ↑ "Tunisia". CIA World Factbook. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Q&A: The Berbers". BBC News. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Tunisia". CIA World Factbook – Libya. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Libyan People & Ethnic Tribes". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Estimé à six millions d'individus, l'histoire de leur enracinement, processus toujours en devenir, suscite la mise en avant de nombreuses problématiques..."; « Être Maghrébins en France » in Les Cahiers de l’Orient, n° 71, troisième trimestre 2003
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  9. ↑ "World Refugee Survey 2009: Mauritania". USCRI. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "UNHCR Global Report 2009 – Mauritania, UNHCR Fundraising Reports". 1 June 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Statistics Canada (2013-05-08). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census