URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013290
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85013290#concept
Variants
- Amazigh
- Imazighan
- Imazighen
- Mazigh
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Ahansala
- Aït Baʼamran (Berber people)
- Ait ʻAtta (Berber people)
- Amānūz (Berber tribe)
- Ayash (Berber people)
- Āyt Brāyīm (Berber tribe)
- Āyt ʻAbd Allāh (Berber people)
- Bahnāwīyīn (Berber people)
- Barghawāṭah (Berber tribe)
- Beni Meskine (Berber tribe)
- Beni Zerual (Berber people)
- Chaamba (Berber people)
- Guanches
- Hawwārah (Berber people)
- Idaw Martini (Berber people)
- Idāwsmlāl (Berber people)
- Īdāwzīkī (Berber tribe)
- Ikounka
- Imragen (Berber people)
- Inulatan (Berber tribe)
- Iqarʼiyen (Berber people)
- Kabyles
- Ketama (Berber people)
- Lakhsass (Berber people)
- Marghād (Berber tribe)
- Ndhir (Berber people)
- Rajrājah (Berber people)
- Rifs (Berber people)
- Seksawa (Berber people)
- Shawiya (Berber people)
- Tuaregs
- Waryaghar (Berber people)
- Zīrid dynasty
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Stuhlmann, F. Mazigh-völker, 1914:foreword (people generally known as Berber, following Greek and Arabic usage; the people call themselves: Mazigh; tamazight for their language; from Tripoli to western Morocco & in Siwa oasis)
- found: Ilahiane, H. Historical dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen), 2006:p. xxx (the name Berber is of external origin; in their language, Tamazight, Berbers use the name "Imazighen" to describe themselves (singular masculine is: Amazigh; singular feminine is: Tamazight; Tamazgha is the land where they live)
- found: Park, Hist. dict. of Morocco, 1996:p. 42 (Berbers/Imazighan)
- found: Tribe.net, Feb. 23, 2007(The term "Amazigh" represents the Berber people of North Africa; Berber people are using the term "Amazigh" which they use to describe themselves in their own languages; plural is "Imazighen"; to define in the most generic way, the language that they speak, Imazighen use the term "Tamazight")
LC Classification
- DT193.5.B45
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Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-06-21: revised
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