Ghomaras
The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmarn) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco of about 12,000 people, 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.[2]
غمارة ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ | |
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 Location map of the Ghomara tribes[1] | |
| Total population | |
| 12,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Rif, Morocco | |
| Languages | |
| Ghomara Berber, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Berbers |
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.[2]
Tribes
The Ghomaras are traditionally divided into nine tribes:[2]
- 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)
- 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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