Haratin
Sign in to saveThe Haratin (, singular Ḥarṭānī), also spelled Haratine or Harratin, are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania (where they form a plurality), Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, and Algeria.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een Haratin vrouw TMnr 10028643.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Haratin girl from Tafilalt, Morocco
- Ethnic group.group
- Haratin / Haratine
- Ethnic group.native_name
- حراطين
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- ar
- Ethnic group.pop
- > 1.5 million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- (40%) ; An ethnic group in (, , , , , )
- Ethnic group.rels
- Sunni Islam
- Ethnic group.langs
- Maghrebi ArabicBerber languages
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Gnawa, other Afro-Arabs,Beidane, Sahrawis, other Maghrebi Arabs,other Arab, Berber, Arab-Berber, and Arabized Berber peoples, Tuareg, other Maghrebis
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Citizenship
- Western Sahara
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Haratins
- ethnic group
- Berbers
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Legal Status
- Black Guard
- Culture
- Music
- Haratin communities
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Western Sahara
- Algeria
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
The Haratin (, singular Ḥarṭānī), also spelled Haratine or Harratin, are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania (where they form a plurality), Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, and Algeria.
The Haratin speak Maghrebi Arabic dialects and Berber languages. They are believed to largely descend from native ancient black populations that inhabited the Sahara.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haratin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.