The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmarn) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco of about 12,000 people[dubious – discuss],[citation needed] 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 | |
|---|---|
 Location map of the Ghomara tribes[1] | |
| Total population | |
| 12,000[citation needed] | |
| 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
editThe Ghomaras are traditionally divided into nine tribes:[2]
- Beni Bouzra
- Beni Grir
- Beni Khaled
- Beni Mansour
- Beni Rezin
- Beni Selman
- Beni Smih
- Beni Zejel
- Beni Ziat
Bibliography
edit- 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.
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