Language family

Afroasiatic Peoples

Semitic, Cushitic, Berber and Chadic peoples across North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East.

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35
Member ethnic groups
7
Branches represented
6
World regions spanned

Semitic11 groups

Amhara woman from Amharia (Ethiopia)

Amhara

Amharia (Ethiopia)

Argobba woman from Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)

Argobba

Ethiopia (Afar, Harari, Amhara, and Oromia Regions)

Gurage woman from Guragia (Ethiopia)

Gurage

Guragia (Ethiopia)

Harari woman from Hararia (Ethiopia)

Harari

Hararia (Ethiopia)

Maltese woman from Malta

Maltese

Malta

Marsh Arabs (Maʻdan) woman from Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq (Maysan, Basra, and Dhi Qar provinces)

Marsh Arabs (Maʻdan)

Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq (Maysan, Basra, and Dhi Qar provinces)

Mehri woman from Mahra (Yemen, Oman)

Mehri

Mahra (Yemen, Oman)

Silt'e woman from Siltia (Ethiopia)

Silt'e

Siltia (Ethiopia)

Tigrayans woman from Eritrean Highlands (Eritrea), Tigrayia (Ethiopia)

Tigrayans

Eritrean Highlands (Eritrea), Tigrayia (Ethiopia)

Tigre woman from Eritrea

Tigre

Eritrea

Yemenite Jews woman from Highlands of Yemen (Sana'a, Sa'dah, Aden)

Yemenite Jews

Highlands of Yemen (Sana'a, Sa'dah, Aden)

Cushitic10 groups

Afar woman from Afaria (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea)

Afar

Afaria (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea)

Agaw woman from Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)

Agaw

Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea)

Beja woman from Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea

Beja

Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea

Gedeo woman from Gedeo Zone (Ethiopia)

Gedeo

Gedeo Zone (Ethiopia)

Hadiya woman from Hadiya (Ethiopia)

Hadiya

Hadiya (Ethiopia)

Konso woman from Konso (Ethiopia)

Konso

Konso (Ethiopia)

Oromo woman from Oromia (Ethiopia), Kenya

Oromo

Oromia (Ethiopia), Kenya

Saho woman from Eritrea

Saho

Eritrea

Sidama woman from Sidamia (Ethiopia)

Sidama

Sidamia (Ethiopia)

Somalis woman from Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya)

Somalis

Greater Somalia (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya)

Chadic8 groups

Buduma woman from Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon)

Buduma

Lake Chad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon)

Hausa woman from Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria)

Hausa

Hausaland (Niger, Nigeria)

Kapsiki woman from Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)

Kapsiki

Mandara Mountains (Nigeria, Cameroon)

Kilba woman from Hong (Nigeria)

Kilba

Hong (Nigeria)

Kofyar woman from Plateau State (Nigeria)

Kofyar

Plateau State (Nigeria)

Mafa woman from Cameroon

Mafa

Cameroon

Masa woman from Cameroon, Chad

Masa

Cameroon, Chad

Musgum woman from Far North Region (Cameroon), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est)

Musgum

Far North Region (Cameroon), Chad (Chari-Baguirmi, Mayo-Kebbi Est)

Berber; Zenati3 groups

Mozabites woman from M'zab valley (Ghardaia), northern Sahara, Algeria

Mozabites

M'zab valley (Ghardaia), northern Sahara, Algeria

Nafusi Berbers woman from Nafusa Mountains, northwestern Libya

Nafusi Berbers

Nafusa Mountains, northwestern Libya

Shawiya (Chaoui) woman from Aurès Mountains, eastern Algeria

Shawiya (Chaoui)

Aurès Mountains, eastern Algeria

Other Afroasiatic groups3 groups

Copts woman from Egypt

Copts

Egypt

Riffians woman from Rif Mountains, northern Morocco

Riffians

Rif Mountains, northern Morocco

Welayta woman from Wolayitia (Ethiopia)

Welayta

Wolayitia (Ethiopia)

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