Berber People - Main Berber Groups

Main Berber Groups

Although most Maghrebis are of Berber ancestry, only some scattered ethnic groups succeeded in conserving the Berber language for centuries. This table resumes those groups.

Main Berber groups
Group Country Notes
Blida Berbers Algeria in Central Algeria.
Brabers Morocco Atlas mountains of Morocco.
Chlouhs Morocco Southern Morocco.
Chenini & Douiret Berbers Tunisia
Chenoui Berbers Algeria Ouarsenis and Mount Chenoua (Western Algeria).
Djerba Berbers Tunisia speakers of the Djerbi language.
Kabyles Algeria in Central Algeria.
Matmata Berbers Tunisia in Southern Tunisia.
Mozabites Algeria in the M'zab Valley (southern Algeria).
Nafusis Libya in Western Libya.
Riffians Morocco Mostly in Northern Morocco with a minority in Algeria.
Shawiya people Algeria Mainly located in Eastern Algeria.
Siwi people Egypt in the Siwa valley of Egypt.
Tlemcen Berbers Algeria Aith Snouss villages of Western Algeria.
Tuaregs Algeria Libya Niger Mali Burkina Faso Sahara
Zenatas Algeria in Western-Central Algeria.
Zuwaras Libya in Northwest Libya.

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