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![]() Painting of a Chaoui Berber woman from Aurès,1870, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman | |
Total population | |
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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]
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