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'''Arabized Berbers''' are [[Berbers]] whose language is a local [[Maghrebi Arabic|dialect of Arabic]] and whose culture is [[Arab culture]], as a result of [[Arabization]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cabré|first=Yolanda Aixelà|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hca8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|title=In the Footsteps of Spanish Colonialism in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea: The Handling of Cultural Diversity and the Socio-Political Influence of Transnational Migration|date=July 2018|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-643-91010-3|language=en |
'''Arabized Berbers''' are [[Berbers]] whose language is a local [[Maghrebi Arabic|dialect of Arabic]] and whose culture is [[Arab culture]], as a result of [[Arabization]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cabré|first=Yolanda Aixelà|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hca8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|title=In the Footsteps of Spanish Colonialism in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea: The Handling of Cultural Diversity and the Socio-Political Influence of Transnational Migration|date=July 2018|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-643-91010-3|language=en}}</ref> |
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The widespread [[language shift]] from [[Berber languages|Berber]] to Arabic happened, at least partially, due to the privileged status that the Arabic language has generally been given in the states of North Africa, from the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb|Arab conquest]] in 652 up until the [[French colonial empire|French colonialism]] in the twentieth century, as well as the migration of the [[Banu Hilal]] and [[Banu Sulaym]] tribes from [[Arabia]] to North Africa. The centuries-long [[Arab migration to the Maghreb]] from the 7th to the 17th century played a significant role in Arabizing the native Berber population in addition to changing the population's demographic breakdown.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Duri |first=A. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32sBxqIgcZMC&pg=PA71 |title=The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation (RLE: the Arab Nation) |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-62286-8 |pages=70–74 |language=en}}</ref> |
The widespread [[language shift]] from [[Berber languages|Berber]] to Arabic happened, at least partially, due to the privileged status that the Arabic language has generally been given in the states of North Africa, from the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb|Arab conquest]] in 652 up until the [[French colonial empire|French colonialism]] in the twentieth century, as well as the migration of the [[Banu Hilal]] and [[Banu Sulaym]] tribes from [[Arabia]] to North Africa. The centuries-long [[Arab migration to the Maghreb]] from the 7th to the 17th century played a significant role in Arabizing the native Berber population in addition to changing the population's demographic breakdown.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Duri |first=A. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32sBxqIgcZMC&pg=PA71 |title=The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation (RLE: the Arab Nation) |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-62286-8 |pages=70–74 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Arabized Berbers are Berbers whose language is a local dialect of Arabic and whose culture is Arab culture, as a result of Arabization.[1]
The widespread language shift from Berber to Arabic happened, at least partially, due to the privileged status that the Arabic language has generally been given in the states of North Africa, from the Arab conquest in 652 up until the French colonialism in the twentieth century, as well as the migration of the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym tribes from Arabia to North Africa. The centuries-long Arab migration to the Maghreb from the 7th to the 17th century played a significant role in Arabizing the native Berber population in addition to changing the population's demographic breakdown.[2]
Arabization of the Berbers
The Arabization of the native Berber population was a result of the centuries-long Arab migration to the Maghreb which began since the 7th century, in addition to changing the population's demographics. The early wave of migration prior to the 11th century contributed to the Berber adoption of Arab culture. Furthermore, the Arabic language spread during this period and drove Latin into extinction in the cities. The Arabization took place around Arab centres through the influence of Arabs in the cities and rural areas surrounding them.[2]
The migration of Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym in the 11th century had a much greater influence on the process of Arabization of the population. It played a major role in spreading Bedouin Arabic to rural areas such as the countryside and steppes, and as far as the southern areas near the Sahara.[3] It also heavily transformed the culture in the Maghreb into Arab culture, and spread Bedouin nomadism in areas where agriculture was previously dominant.[4] These Bedouin tribes accelerated and deepened the Arabization process, since the Berber population was gradually assimilated by the newcomers and had to share with them pastures and seasonal migration paths. By around the 15th century, the region of modern-day Tunisia had already been almost completely Arabized.[5] As Arab nomads spread, the territories of the local Berber tribes were moved and shrank. The Zenata were pushed to the west and the Kabyles were pushed to the north. The Berbers took refuge in the mountains whereas the plains were Arabized.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Cabré, Yolanda Aixelà (July 2018). In the Footsteps of Spanish Colonialism in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea: The Handling of Cultural Diversity and the Socio-Political Influence of Transnational Migration. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-91010-3.
- ^ a b Duri, A. A. (2012). The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation (RLE: the Arab Nation). Routledge. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0-415-62286-8.
- ^ Duri, A. A. (2012). The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation (RLE: the Arab Nation). Routledge. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0-415-62286-8.
- ^ el-Hasan, Hasan Afif (2019-05-01). Killing the Arab Spring. Algora Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-62894-349-8.
- ^ Holes, Clive (2018-08-30). Arabic Historical Dialectology: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Approaches. Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-19-100506-0.
- ^ Farida, Benouis; Houria, Chérid; Lakhdar, Drias; Amine, Semar. An Architecture of Light. Islamic Art in Algeria. Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen). p. 9. ISBN 978-3-902966-14-8.