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Ghomaras

غمارة ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ
Location map of the: Ghomara tribes
Total population
12,000
Regions with significant populations
Western Rif, Morocco
Languages
Ghomara Berber, Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Berbers

The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmarn) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco of about 12,000 people, 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.

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.

Tribes※

The Ghomaras are traditionally divided into nine tribes:

• Beni Bouzra
• Beni Grir
• Beni Khaled
• Beni Mansour
• Beni Rezin
• Beni Selman
• Beni Smih
• Beni Zejel
• Beni Ziat

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.

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