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Central Asia. Ethnic map of Central Asia. Central Asia, in its most common definition, is deemed to consist of five former Soviet Socialist Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In a wider view, Xinjiang of western China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan are included.
The largest and most numerous ethnic group in North Africa are the Arabs. [3] In Algeria and Morocco, Berbers are the second largest ethnic group after the Arab majority. Arabs constitute 70% [ 4 ] to 80% [ 5 ] of the population of Algeria, 92% [ 6 ] 97% [ 7 ] of Libya, 67% [ 8 ] to 70% [ 9 ] of Morocco and 98% [ 10 ] of Tunisia's population.
Malayo-Polynesian (Malagasy) Indo-European (Afrikaaner) The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan populations.
The largest and most numerous ethnic group in North Africa are the Arabs. [12] In Algeria and Morocco, Berbers are the second largest ethnic group after the Arab majority. Arabs constitute 70% [ 13 ] to 80% [ 14 ] of the population of Algeria, 92% [ 15 ] 97% [ 16 ] of Libya, 67% [ 17 ] to 70% [ 18 ] of Morocco and 98% [ 19 ] of Tunisia's ...
The Arabs (Arabic: عَرَب, DIN 31635:ʿarab, Arabic pronunciation:[ b ] [ˈʕɑ.rɑb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group c mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. [ 74 ]
Afroasiatic languages. The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [4] Over 500 million people are native speakers ...
Middle East and North Africa. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) [1] or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), [2][3] is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also called West Asia) and North Africa together. However, it is widely considered to be a more defined and ...
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, [a] also called by their endonym Amazigh[b] or Imazighen, [c] are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb. [28][29][30][31] Their main connections are identified by their usage of Berber languages, most of them ...