Afroasiatic Peoples
Semitic, Cushitic, Berber and Chadic peoples across North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.
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Semitic14 groups
Imraguen
The Atlantic coast of Mauritania, from Nouadhibou south toward Cape Timiris, centered on the Banc d'Arguin.
Jebala
The western Rif and its foothills in northwestern Morocco, chiefly Chefchaouen, Ouazzane, Tetouan, Larache and Taounate provinces and the hinterland of Tangier.
Cushitic11 groups
Chadic8 groups
Berber4 groups
Ait Atta
Southeastern Morocco: the Jbel Saghro massif, the Draa, Dades and Todgha valleys, the pre-Saharan margins toward the Tafilalt, and summer pastures in the eastern High Atlas.
Berber Jews
High Atlas, Anti-Atlas and pre-Saharan oases of southern Morocco, with related communities in western Algeria; today almost entirely in Israel, France and Canada
Berber; Zenati3 groups
Other Afroasiatic groups6 groups
Aweer
Coastal hinterland forest of southeastern Kenya, chiefly Lamu County and the Ijara area of Garissa County, with historic range extending into southern Somalia
Maghrawa
The Chelif valley and high plains of western Algeria, extending to Tlemcen and the Moulouya; later Fez and eastern Morocco, Sijilmasa, and Tripolitania in Libya.
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