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Ghomaras

Summary

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]

Ghomaras
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 edit

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 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.

References edit

  1. ^ A. Zouggari & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Jbala: Histoire et société", in Sciences Humaines, (1991), p.463. (ISBN 2-222-04574-6)
  2. ^ a b c G. Camps & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Ghomâra", in Encyclopédie berbère, vol. 20, 1998