Berbers (Arabic : بربر ), also called by their self-name Amazigh () or Imazighen (Berber languages : ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ, ⵎⵣⵗⵏ , romanized: Imaziɣen Amaziɣ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵎⵣⵗ Arabic : أمازيغ ), are an ethnic group indigenous to the Maghreb region of North Africa, where they live in scattered communities across parts of Morocco , Algeria , and Libya , and to a lesser extent Tunisia , Mauritania , northern Mali , and northern Niger .[29] [30] [31] Burkina Faso and Egypt's Siwa Oasis .[32] Berber languages , which are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family .[3]
Ethnic group indigenous to North Africa
Imaziɣen ,
ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ ,
ⵎⵣⵗⵏ Arabic :
بربر - أمازيغ 36 million[1] [2] [3] [4] Morocco 14 million[5] [6] [7] Algeria 9 million[2] [7] [8] Mauritania 129,000[9] Niger 2.6 million[10] France 2 million[11] Mali 850,000[12] Libya 600,000[13] Belgium 500,000 (including descendants) [14] Netherlands 467,455 (including descendants) [citation needed Burkina Faso 406,271[15] Egypt 23,000[16] Tunisia 173,937[17] Canada 37,060 (including those of mixed ancestry) [18] Norway 4,500 (including descendants) [citation needed Israel 3,500[19] United States 1,325[20] Berber languages (Tamazight) and Arabic Predominantly Sunni Islam .Ibadis , Shias , Christianity (chiefly Catholicism ),[21] [22] Judaism other other Afro-Asiatic speaking peoples and Mediterranean peoples[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
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