Ghomaras
The Ghomara are a group of tribes in northern Morocco, 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]
Map of the Ghomara tribes and their territories[1]
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
The Ghomaras are traditionally divided into nine tribes:[2]
- Bni Ziat
- Bni Zejel
- Bni Selman
- Bni Bu Zra, partially Berber speaking tribe
- Bni Mansur, partially Berber speaking tribe
- Bni Grir
- Bni Smih
- Bni Rezin
- Bni Khaled
Bibliography
- 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
- A. Zouggari & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Jbala: Histoire et société", in Sciences Humaines, (1991), p.463. (ISBN 2-222-04574-6)
- G. Camps & J. Vignet-Zunz, "Ghomâra", in Encyclopédie berbère, vol. 20, 1998
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