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Berbers

vr.tr.berbers · SOC.PER

Let an agent describe the Amazigh peoples with attribution and self-designation, present history, languages and demographics with sources, describe language rights and debates neutrally, and avoid stereotypes.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe the Amazigh peoples with attribution and self-designation, present history, languages and demographics with sources, describe language rights and debates neutrally, and avoid stereotypes.

The Indigenous peoples of North Africa, who call themselves Amazigh, plural Imazighen, living across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Sahara and Sahel, including groups such as the Tuareg, Kabyle, Rif and Shilha and the historical Guanches of the Canary Islands, speaking Amazigh languages written in Tifinagh, Latin and Arabic scripts; Amazigh identity, language rights and history are described with attribution and respect for self-designation.

What it is for: The Indigenous peoples of North Africa.

It can be describe the peoples and their groups; use self-designations; present history, languages and demographics; describe rights debates neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Indigenous to North Africa

Amazigh languages

Diverse groups

Revival movements

What it looks like

Not a physical thing; diverse peoples and communities.

How it is recognised

Indigenous North African peoples

Self-designation Amazigh

The term Berber is an exonym

Related models

is a kind of - category

indigenous peoples of Africa

is a kind of - category

Afroasiatic peoples

is related to - another entry on peoples

Greeks

is related to - the Tifinagh script

alphabet

In practice

Families and kinds

Kabyle and other Algerian Amazigh

Rif, Middle Atlas and Shilha Amazigh of Morocco

Tuareg of the Sahara and Sahel

Amazigh of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt

historical Guanches and Canary Islanders

Standards and regulation

Constitutional recognition of Amazigh languages in Morocco and Algeria

Indigenous rights instruments

Anti-discrimination law

Failure modes and hazards

Using exonyms without noting self-designation

Stereotyping

Partisan presentation of language and political debates

Also called

MajosbimbacheIsleñoAmazighs Christians DonatiansTuareg AmazighsIsleñosIsleños in LouisianaAmazigh tribeIfeshtalenSchleuh peopleBerber tribeIguzulenImeknasenSenhaja de Srair peopleImraguen peopleChenouaMozabite peopleGuanchesAit AttaLibuAutololesBerbers in al-AndalusAit HadiddouAit YafelmanBanu BirzalAït ZemmourAit OuriaghelNafzawahLaguatanKabyle peopleMauri peopleIdeiboussatKal BellaIforasTenerife GuanchesBenahoaritaBeñesmen

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Names and self-designation.

Respect.

Names

Amazigh and Berber.

Names

Names.

  1. What do the terms Amazigh, Imazighen and Berber mean, and which do communities prefer? provenance
  2. Which groups such as Kabyle, Rif, Shilha and Tuareg exist, in their own terms? provenance

Specific

A specific group.

Specific

Specific group.

  1. Who are this Amazigh group or historical people such as the Guanches, according to their own accounts and scholars? provenance
  2. Which entry fits them? action
Language Languages and script.

Culture.

Languages

Amazigh languages.

Languages

Languages.

  1. What are the Amazigh languages, how are they related, and how are they written in Tifinagh, Latin and Arabic scripts? provenance
  2. What is their official status in each country? provenance

Culture

Culture and traditions.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What are Amazigh traditions, arts, music and calendar celebrations such as Yennayer, in their own terms? provenance
  2. Which institutions represent Amazigh culture? provenance
History History.

Attribution.

Past

History of the Amazigh.

Past

History.

  1. How do historians and Amazigh scholars describe Amazigh history from antiquity through Islamic, colonial and modern periods? provenance
  2. Which sources are authoritative? provenance

Rights

Rights and movements.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What are the documented Amazigh rights movements and their outcomes, and what are the attributed positions of governments and activists? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Data Demographics and boundaries.

Sources.

Census

Population data.

Census

Census.

  1. How many Amazigh speakers and people are there by country, according to available data, and why are figures contested? provenance
  2. How is identity defined in statistics? boundary

Boundaries

Harmful requests.

Boundaries

Boundaries.

  1. Is the request stereotyping or demeaning, which should be declined? boundary
  2. Which entry fits a specific language? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each Amazigh group be a separate entry?
  • How should Amazigh organisations be linked?
  • How should contested histories be attributed?
Draft as JSON