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Ghomaras
غمارة ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ | |
|---|---|
 Location map of the Ghomara tribes[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Rif, Morocco | |
| Languages | |
| Ghomara Berber, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Berbers |
The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, romanized: Ghumāra, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmaren) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco belonging to the Berbers. They live in the western Rif, in the area of Chefchaouen and Tetouan.[2]
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]
- ^ A. Zouggari & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Jbala: Histoire et société", in Sciences Humaines, (1991), p.463. (ISBN 2-222-04574-6)
- ^ a b G. Camps & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Ghomâra", in Encyclopédie berbère, vol. 20, 1998
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