Arab-Berber
ethnic group of the Maghreb
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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, many speak a variant of Maghrebi Arabic as their native language,
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 96 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Maghreb | |
 Algeria | 43 million (99% of the population)[1] |
 Morocco | 36 million (99% of the population)[2] |
 Tunisia | 11 million (98% of the population)[3][4] |
 Libya | 5.8 million (97% of the population)[5][6] |
 France | c. 3 million (at least some Maghrebi ancestry)[7][8] |
 Mauritania | 1.3 million (30% of the population)[9][10][11] |
 Canada | 37,060[12] |
| Languages | |
| Maghrebi Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam (Sunni; also Shi'a, Ibadi); minority Judaism, Christianity[13] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Arabs, Sahrawi, Tuareg, Berbers, Arabized Berber, other Afroasiatic-speaking peoples | |
References
change- ↑ "The World Factbook – Algeria". Central Intelligence Agency. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ "Morocco in CIA World Factbook". CIA.gov.
- ↑ "Tunisia". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ "Q&A: The Berbers". BBC News. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Tunisia". CIA World Factbook – Libya. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ↑ "Libyan People & Ethnic Tribes". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "css.escwa.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ↑ "World Refugee Survey 2009: Mauritania". USCRI. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ "UNHCR Global Report 2009 – Mauritania, UNHCR Fundraising Reports". 1 June 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Statistics Canada (2013-05-08). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census