Ghomaras
غمارة ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ | |
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 Location map of the Ghomara tribes[1] | |
| Total population | |
| 12,000[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Rif, Morocco | |
| Languages | |
| Ghomara Berber, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Berbers |
The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmarn) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco of about 12,000 people[dubious ],[3] living between the rivers Oued Laou and Ouringa, east of Chefchaouen and south of Tetouan, in the Western Rif. The river Tiguisas runs through their territory.[4]
Originally, Ghomaras were a Berber tribal group belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. While most have shifted to speaking Arabic, a minority continue to speak the Berber Ghomara language.[4]
Tribes
The Ghomaras are traditionally divided into nine tribes:[4]
- Ait Bouzra, partially Berber speaking tribe
- Ait Grir
- Ait Khaled
- Ait Mansour, partially Berber speaking tribe
- Ait Rezin
- Ait Selman
- Ait Smih
- Ait Zejel
- Ait Ziat
Bibliography
- G. Camps & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Ghomâra", Encyclopédie berbère, vol.20, 1998, pp. 3110–3119
- Jamal el Hannouche, "Arabic influence in Ghomara Berber", Leiden University, 2010.
- Jamal el Hannouche, "Ghomara Berber, a brief grammatical survey", Leiden University, 2008.
- Peter Behnstedt,"La frontera entre el bereber y el árabe en el Rif", Estudios de dialectología norteafricana y andalusí vol. 6, 2002.
- Georges Séraphin Colin, "Le parler berbère des Ghomara", Hesperis 9, 1929, pp. 43–58.
References
- ^ A. Zouggari & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Jbala: Histoire et société", in Sciences Humaines, (1991), p.463. (ISBN 2-222-04574-6)
- ^ Project, Joshua. "Berber, Ghomara in Morocco". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Project, Joshua. "Berber, Ghomara in Morocco". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ a b c G. Camps & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Ghomâra", in Encyclopédie berbère, vol. 20, 1998
 Berber tribes of Morocco | |
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| Tribal confederation | |
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