Chenoua people

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The Chenoua people are an indigenous Berber (Amazigh) ethnic group of northern Algeria, traditionally inhabiting the Mount Chenoua region and preserving their own distinct language and cultural practices.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chenoua people canonical 7
Chenoua Berbers 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Algeria
culturalContinuity maintains distinct customs
maintains distinct language
maintains distinct oral heritage
culturalIdentity Amazigh
culturalPractice agro-pastoralism
oral tradition
traditional dance
traditional dress
traditional music
culturalRegion Maghreb
linked to: North Africa
ethnicity Amazigh
Berber
hasAutonym Ichenwiyen
hasDemonym Chenoua
Chenoui
heritageStatus indigenous cultural minority in Algeria
indigenousTo Algeria
Tell Atlas region
linked to: Tell Atlas
language Chenoua Berber
languageEndangermentStatus vulnerable
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
linguisticStatus minority language speakers in Algeria
locatedIn Tipaza Province
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea
locatedWestOf Algiers
majorReligion Sunni Islam
partOf Amazigh world
linked to: Berber world

Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers
region northern Algeria
religion Islam
traditionalEconomy agriculture
herding
olive cultivation
traditionalHousing mountain villages
stone houses
traditionalTerritory Mount Chenoua
linked to: Chenoua Massif
usesScript Arabic script
Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chenoua spokenBy Chenoua people
Chenoua ethnicGroup Chenoua people
Chenoua language spokenBy Chenoua people
Chenoua language hasEthnicAssociation Chenoua people
Tacenwit spokenBy Chenoua people
Chenoua region ethnicGroup Chenoua Berbers
linked to: Chenoua people
Tachenwit spokenBy Chenoua people
Shenwa Berber spokenBy Chenoua people