Chaoui people

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Chaoui people (Shawiya)

Painting of a Chaoui Berber woman from Aurès,1870, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Total population
2,870,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Aurès, Algeria
Languages
Shawiya
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kabyles

The Chaoui people or Shawyia (Tachawit: Išawiyen, Arabic: الشاوية) are a Berber ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria.^[2]

They call themselves Išawiyen/Icawiyen (pronounced [iʃawijən]) and speak the Shawiya language. They are the second largest Tell Atlas Berber-speaking ethnicity, alongside the Kabyles and Chenouas.^{[citation needed]}