Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa, west of the Nile Valley. Many Berbers call themselves a variant of the word Imazighen (singular: Amazigh), perhaps "free men" or "free and noble men". The word probably has an old parallel in the Roman name for some of the Berbers, "Mazices".

The name Berber comes from the name given to this town by the Romans, which means barbarians. The history of the Berber people in North Africa is extensive and diverse. His earliest ancestors settled in eastern Egypt. Many are the references to these ancient people in Greek, Roman and Phoenician texts. In fact, Berber is a generic name given to numerous heterogeneous ethnic groups that share similar cultural, political and economic practices.

The Arabization of the Berber people took place in three stages. First, it was the contact with the Arab invaders in the seventh century. The second stage began with the arrival of the Bedouins in the eleventh century. Finally, the third stage took place between the XV and XVII centuries and was accelerated by the arrival of the Andalusian refugees.

In contrast to the romantic and popular image that the Berbers describe as nomads crossing the desert on camels, their main activity is a sedentary agriculture, which they perform in mountains and valleys. But its …show more content…
For several thousand years, the Berber language, Tamazight, has gradually been transformed into almost thirty languages and hundreds of dialects, not to mention several others who disappeared a long time ago, as Guanche said in the Canaries. Although the Berbersprache is basically oral, Berber has at least 2,500 years his own writing system called Libico-Berber. At present, this alphabet is used by the Touaregs, but the Latin alphabet with some variations and the Arabic alphabet are the most