Shenwa people

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The Shenwa people are an indigenous Berber ethnic group of northern Algeria, traditionally inhabiting the Chenoua region near Tipaza and maintaining their own distinct language and cultural practices.

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Shenwa people canonical 4

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
autonym Ichenwiyen
continent Africa
country Algeria
culturalContinuity pre-Arab Amazigh population of coastal Algeria
culturalIdentity Amazigh
culturalPractice agropastoralism
collective village life
olive cultivation
oral poetry
traditional music
ethnicity Berber
exonym Chenoua
geographicalFeature Mount Chenoua
linked to: Chenoua Massif
heritageStatus indigenous population of Algeria
historicalLanguageShiftPressure Arabic
language Shenwa language
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Berber languages
locatedIn Tell Atlas
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea
Tipaza
mainReligionBranch Islam
mainReligiousSchool Maliki Sunni Islam
linked to: Sunni Islam
partOf Amazigh world
linked to: Berber world

Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers
region northern Algeria
relatedEthnicGroup Chaoui people
Kabyle people
Mzab people
Riffian people
linked to: Riffian Berbers

Tuareg people
linked to: Tuareg
religion Sunni Islam
sociolinguisticSituation bilingual in Shenwa and Arabic
threatenedLanguage Shenwa language
traditionalArchitecture stone houses
traditionalEconomy small-scale herding
subsistence agriculture
traditionalTerritory Chenoua region
Tipaza Province

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

Chenoui spokenBy Shenwa people
Chenoui ethnicGroup Shenwa people
Chenoua Massif ethnicGroup Shenwa people
Chenoua region ethnicGroup Shenwa people