Category
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Matmata
Tunisian town
Zenata
The Zenata (; ) are a group of Berber tribes, historically one of the largest Berber confederations along with the Sanhaja and Masmuda. Their lifestyle was either nomadic or semi-nomadic.
Northern Berber languages
Afro-Asiatic dialect continuum of Amazigh languages
Sened
language
Douiret
Douiret (Berber: Eddwirat or igherman, ) is a ruined Berber village in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, Douiret was a fortified granary, or ksar (plural ksour.) Like other ksour created by North African Berber communities, Douiret was built on a hilltop to help protect it from raiding parties. Douiret is a regular stop on southern Tunisia's ksar trail, along with the villages of Chenini, Ksar Ouled Soltane and Ksar Hadada.
Chenini
Chenini () is a ruined Berber village in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, Chenini was a fortified granary, or ksar (plural ksour).
Miknasa
The Miknasa (Berber: Imeknasen) was a Zenata Berber tribe of the Maghreb.
Houara
The Hawwara () is a Berber tribal confederation in the Maghreb, primarily in Tripolitania, with descendants in Upper Egypt and Sudan. Hawwara are amongst the most prominent tribes in Upper Egypt, with branches found mainly in Qena. They are also found in Morocco and Algeria. In Sudan, they are labelled as Hawwaweer () (plural of Hawwara), and have a significant political presence.
East Zenati
family of Amazigh (Berber) languages
Jerba Berber
Amazigh (Berber) language
Zraoua
Zraoua is a Tunisian village in the delegation of Matmata. The original name in Amazigh language is Azro. Beside the Berber tribes, there was installation of the Arab tribes of Ouled Abdallah and Ouled Hlel from Enfidha and Ouled Aïssa from the tribe of Hmamma.
Matmata Berber
Amazigh (Berber) language
prehistory of Tunisia
aspect of history