Maghrebis

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Maghrebis
مغاربة Mġārba
ⵎⴰⴳⵕⵉⴱⵉ Maɣṛbi
Total population
c. 110 million[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Maghreb : 94,048,301[citation needed]
 Algeria 40,400,000[1]
 Morocco 35,968,361[2]
 Tunisia 10,982,754[3]
 Europe (mostly  France) ~10 million[4][5][6]
 Libya 6,244,174[7]
 Mauritania 3,537,368[8]
 Canada (mostly  Quebec) 141,660[9]
Languages
Maghrebi Arabic (Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Algerian Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Libyan Arabic)
Berber languages (Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Shilha, Zenaga, Tuareg, Tebu, Shenwa, Kabyle, Shawiya, Nafusi)
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam; minority Shi'i and Ibadi Islam, Judaism, Christianity,[10] and Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Population statistics from the world factbook (July 2011 pop est.)

Maghrebis or Maghrebians are the inhabitants of the countries of the Maghreb (Northwest Africa): Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania. The bulk of the Maghrebi population originates in the Berbers known in antiquity as the Libyans (called lebu/rebu by the ancient Egyptians, LBY/LBT by the Phoenicians, and Λίβυοι by the ancient Greeks). They are olive-skinned to dark Caucasoid people and the first modern humans to settle in North Africa. The Maghrebis are also descended from Phoenicians (Carthaginians), Romans (Roman Africa), Hellenic origin (Byzantine Africa), Egyptian and Levantine origin (Muslim conquest of North Africa), Iberians (native Andalusians fleeing the Reconquista, or Portuguese), of Italian origin (migration in Tunisia, Libya and Algeria), of Turkic, Balkan or other Mediterranean origin (such as descendant of Janissaries for Tunisia, Libya and Algeria) as well as of Sub-Saharan origin (Trans-Saharan trade).

Maghrebis were known in the medieval times as Moors. "The Moors were simply Maghrebis, inhabitants of the Greater Maghreb, the western part of the Islamic world, that extends from Spain to Tunisia, and represents a homogeneous cultural entity"[11] It is believed that the term Moor is derived from Mauri, the name given by the Romans to the inhabitant of Northern Morocco and Algeria, which itself is derives from the Punic word Mahurim "Westerners" for the people living in the west of Ancient Carthage.

Origins

The inhabitants of the region are predominantly of mixed Arab-Berber ancestry, as well as North African Arabs (descendants of migrants from the Arabian Peninsula) and Arabized Berbers (people of Berber origin whose ancestors were Arabized). The Arabs and Berbers, united through Islam, are the main ethnic and cultural elements, but it is important to bear in mind that over the centuries the Maghreb has been a melting-pot of many other ethnic groups and cultures. Before the Arab conquest, Carthaginians (of Phoenician descent), Greeks, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines colonized the Maghreb and contributed to the development of its culture. Later, moriscos and muladies (residents of al-Andalus who had converted to Islam and were fleeing together with Jews and Arab and Berber Muslims from the Reconquista) settled in the Maghreb.

There is a significant population who identify as non-Arab in the region: this population is the Lebu (Berbers), who did not adopt Arabic language over the times and who kept their distinct Berber dialect. These populations live mostly in the mountainous areas, mostly in the Rif mountains, the Atlas and the Souss valley, the Kabilya region in Algeria, and Jebel Nefousa in Tunisia. The Tuareg have retained a strong non-Arab identity, owing to their relative isolation in remote desert areas.

A small Turkish-descended population exists called the Kouloughlis, particularly in Tunisia and Algeria, whose ancestors arrived during the Ottoman rule of North Africa.

European populations in the region have included slaves captured from ships and coastal areas as well as corsairs and renegades seeking refuge in the Maghreb.[12] Later, the pieds-noirs arrived (settlers of French, Italian, Spanish and Maltese ancestry).

Historically, the Maghreb was home to significant Jewish communities, including Carthaginian Jews, Maghrebi Jews and Berber Jews, who predated the seventh-century Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. Later, these were joined by the ancestors of the North African Sephardim who were fleeing the Alhambra Decree, who settled chiefly in the larger trading centers. Many Jews migrated from the region to the Americas during the 19th century (such as the ancestors of today's Amazonian Jews), or to France and Israel during the 20th century. Today, the vast majority of Jews from the Maghreb live in Israel. Mughrabi is a surname denoting origin in the Maghreb.

On the Saharan southern edge of the Maghreb are large communities of black Africans, sometimes called Haratin, who identify as the original inhabitants of southern oases. The Gnawa are another Afro-Arab group inhabiting the region for centuries, in part as a result of the trans-Saharan Arab slave trade.

Religion

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Historic records of religion in the Maghreb region show its gradual inclusion in the Classical World, with coastal colonies established first by Phoenicians, some Greeks, and later extensive conquest and colonization by the Romans. By the 2nd century common era, the area had become a center of Latin-speaking Christianity. Both Roman settlers and Romanized populations converted to Christianity. The region produced figures such as Christian Church writer Tertullian (c. 155 – c. 202); and Christian Church martyrs or leading figures such as St Cyprian of Carthage (+ 258); Saint Monica; her son the philosopher Augustine of Hippo (+ 430) (1); and Julia of Corsica (5th century). The region was a birthplace of many Christians movements like arianism and donatism, now casted-off.

The domination of Christianity ended when Arab invasions brought Islam in 647. Carthage fell in 698 and the remainder of the region followed in subsequent decades. Gradual Islamization proceeded, although surviving letters showed correspondence from regional Christians to Rome up until the 9th century. Christianity was still a living faith. Christian bishoprics and dioceses continued to be active, with relations continuing with Rome. As late as Pope Benedict VII (974-983) reign, a new Archbishop of Carthage was consecrated. Evidence of Christianity in the region then faded through the 10th century.

During the seventh century, the region's peoples began their nearly total conversion to Islam. There is a small but thriving Jewish community, as well as a small Christian community. Most Muslims follow the Maliki school of Sunni Islam. Small Ibadi communities remain in some areas. A strong tradition of venerating marabouts and saints' tombs is found throughout regions inhabited by Berbers. Any map of the region demonstrates the tradition by the proliferation of "sidi"s, showing places named after the marabouts. Like some other religious traditions, this has substantially decreased over the 20th century. A network of zawiyas traditionally helped proliferate basic literacy and knowledge of Islam in rural regions.

Recently, the Christian community of Berber or Arab descent has experienced significant growth, and conversions to Christianity, especially to Evangelicalism, is common in Algeria,[13] especially in the Kabylie,[14] Morocco[15] and Tunisia.[16] A 2015 study estimates 380,000 Muslims converted to Christianity in Algeria.[10]

Culture

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Main articles: Music of the Maghreb, Berber music, Maghreb cuisine, and Berber cuisine

Diaspora

France

Maghrebis have settled mainly in the industrial regions in France, especially in the Île-de-France and Mediterranean regions. Many famous French people like Édith Piaf,[17] Isabelle Adjani, Arnaud Montebourg, Alain Bashung, Dany Boon and many others have Maghrebi ancestry.

According to Michel Tribalat, a researcher at INED, there were more than 4.6 million people of Maghrebi origin (with at least one grandparent from Algeria, Morocco or Tunisia) living in France in 2011 (3 millions in 1999).[18][19] Below is a table of population of Maghrebi origin in France in 2011, numbers are in thousands:

Country of origin (2011) Immigrants 1st generation born in France 2nd generation born in France (aged under 60 only) Total
Algeria 737 1 170 563 2 470
Morocco 679 698 130 1 507
Tunisia 246 280 129 655
Total Maghreb 1 662 2 148 821 4 631

Note : for 2nd generation born in France only individuals under 60 are taken into account.

According to Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies), 16% of newborns in France between 2006 and 2008 have at least one grandparent born in the Greater Maghreb.[20]

In 2005, the percentage of young people under 18 of Maghrebi origin (at least one immigrant parent) were about 7% in Metropolitan France, 12% in Île-de-France, 13% in Lyon, 21% in Perpignan, 22% in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, 37% in 18th arrondissement of Paris and 40% in several arrondissements of Marseille.[21][22]

2005% Seine-Saint-Denis Val-de-Marne Val-d'Oise Lyon Paris France
Total Maghreb 22.0% 13.2% 13.0% 13.0% 12.1% 6.9%

According to other sources between 5 and 8 million people of Maghrebin origin live in France, and between 150,000 and 300,000 people of Maghrebin origin live in Canada.[23][24]

Anthropology, genetics and linguistics

Various disciplines shed light on the origin of the North-Africans (Berbers and Arabs).

Physical anthropology

North-Africans are defined as Mediterraneans with moderate Alpinid and Nordic elements.[25] A significant proportion of the Rif Berbers, Kabyles and Chouias have blue or green eyes.[26]

Genetic evidence

The genetic proximity observed between the North-Africans and Southern Europeans is due to the fact that both these groups shared a common ancestor either in the Upper Paleolithic, in the Neolithic or alternatively during history with the invasion and the occupation during nearly seven centuries of the Iberian Peninsula by Moorish troops.[27] A genetic study published in January 2012 stated that the indigenous North African ancestry appears most closely related to populations outside of Africa but "divergence between Maghrebi peoples and Near Eastern/Europeans likely precedes the Holocene (>12,000 ya)."[28]

Y-chromosome DNA

The Y-chromosome genetic structure of the Maghreb population seems to be mainly modulated by geography. The Y-DNA Haplogroup E-M215 and J, which are so common among the population of North African and the Middle East, are the most widespread among North African groups especially Haplogroup E-M215 (formerly E1b1b1b, E-M81 and E3b1b) which is typical of the indigenous Berbers of the Maghreb. In some parts of Tunisia, E-M215 can peak at 100% of the population. Followed by Haplogroup J, especially Haplogroup J-M267[29] [2], which is typically Middle Eastern, which can reach frequencies of 40% in the region,[30][31] and has its highest density founded in the southwestern Arabian Peninsula,[31] Followed by Haplogroup R1[32] which has been observed in North African though with lower frequency. The Y-DNA Haplogroups shown above are observed in both Arab and Berber-speakers.

The Maghreb Y chromosome pool (including both Berber and Arab populations) may be summarized as follows where only two haplogroups E-M215 and J comprise generally more than 80% of the total chromosomes:[33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

  • E-M215 (mainly E-M81) (50-100%)
  • J (mainly J-M267) (0-45%)
  • R1b (0-15%)
  • Sub-Saharan and other haplogroups (0-8%)

Haplogroup E-Z827 is the most common Y haplogroup among Maghreb Arabs and Berbers, dominated by its sub-clade, E-M183. It is thought to have originated in North Africa 5600 years ago.[36][37] Colloquially referred to as the "Berber marker" for its prevalence among Mozabite, Middle Atlas, Kabyle and other Berber groups, E-M81 is also quite common among Maghreb Arab groups (45% in Oran).[38] It can reach frequencies of up to 100% in the Greater Maghreb.

Regarding J1-M267, according to a recent study in 2011 about Tunisia, it is significantly more abundant in the urban (31.3%) than in the rural total population (2.5%). According to the authors, these results could be explained supposing that Arabization in Tunisia was a military enterprise, therefore, mainly driven by men that displaced native Berbers to geographically marginal areas but that frequently married Berber women.[40]

Population Nb A/B E(xE1b1b) E1b1b1 E-V68 E-M215 E-M123 F K G I J-M267 J-M172 R-M420 R-M343 Other Study
1 Algeria/Oran 102 0 7.9% 0 5.9% 45.1% 0 0 0 0 0 22.5% 4.9% 1% 11.8% 1% Robino et al. (2008)[41]
2 Algeria/Algiers 35 0 2.9% 0 11.4% 42.9% 0 11.8% 2.9% 0 0 22.9% 5.7% 0 0 0 Arredi et al. (2004)[42]
3 Algeria/Kabyles, Tizi Ouzou 19 0 0 0 0 47.4% 10.5% 10.5% 0 0 0 15.8% 0 0 15.8% 0 Arredi et al. (2004)
4 Algeria/Mozabites 67 0 4.5% 0 1.5% 86.6% 1.5% 0 0 1.5% 0 1.5% 0 0 3% 0 Dugoujon et al. (2009)[43]
5 Tunisia/Tunis 148 0 2% 3.4% 5.4% 37.8% 2.7% 4.7% 0.7% 0 0 32.4% 3.4% 0.7% 6.1% 0.7% Arredi et al. (2004)
6 Tunisia 52 0 0 9.6% 15.4% 32.7% 0 1.9% 1.9% 0 0 34.6% 3.8% 0 0 0 Onofri et al. (2008)
7 Tunisia/Bou Omrane 40 0 5% 0 5% 87.5% 0 2.5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ennafaa et al. (2011)[44]
8 Tunisia/Bou Saad 40 0 0 0 0 92.5% 0 0 0 0 0 5% 0 0 0 2.5% Ennafaa et al. (2011)
9 Tunisia/Jerbian cosmopolitan 46 2.2% 0 0 15.2% 60.9% 4.3% 0 0 0 0 8.7% 2.2% 4.3% 2.2% 0 Ennafaa et al. (2011)
10 Tunisia/Jerbian Berbers 47 0 0 0 17% 76.6% 0 4.25% 2.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ennafaa et al. (2011)
11 Tunisia/Chenini–Douiret Berbers 27 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. (2011)[45]
12 Tunisia/Sened Berbers 35 0 0 0 0 65.7% 0 2.9% 0 0 0 31.4% 0 0 0 0 Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. (2011)
13 Tunisia/Jradou Berbers 32 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. (2011)
14 Tunisia/Andalusian Zaghouan 32 0 0 0 3.1% 40.6% 0 9.4% 0 0 0 43.8% 3.1% 0 0 0 Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. (2011)
15 Tunisia/Cosmopolitan Tunis 33 0 0 3.0% 6.0% 54.5% 3.0% 6.0% 0 3.0% 0 24.2% 0 0 0 0 Karima Fadhlaoui-Zid et al. (2011)
16 Morocco 221 0 6.4% 4.1% 6.8% 65% 0 0.9% 1.8% 0.9% 0.5% 5% 4.1% 0 4.1% 0 Fregel et al. (2009)
17 Morocco 51 3.9% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9% 54.9% 0 0 0 0 0 19.6% 0 0 3.9% 0 Onofri et al. (2008)
18 Morocco/Amizmiz Valley 33 3% 6.1% 0 3% 84.8% 3% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alvarez et al. (2009)
19 Sahrawi 89 0 20.2% 0 0 59.6% 0 0 0 0 0 20.2% 0 0 0 0 Fregel et al. (2009)
20 Libya/Tuaregs from Fezzan 47 0 42.5% 0 0 48.9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4% 2.1% Ottoni et al. (2011)[46]

Mitochondrial DNA

Many studies[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] have attempted to describe the genetic diversity of North-African populations, evaluating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation and the results may be summarized as follows (data for 536 individuals from 9 populations : Morocco (Asni, Bouhria, Figuig, Souss), Algeria (Mozabites), Tunisia (Chenini-Douiret, Sened, Matmata, Jerba)[27]):

  • Total Eurasian lineages (H, HV0, HV, R0, J, T, U (without U6), K, N1, N2, X) : 50-90% with an average of about 5/8
  • Total sub-Saharan lineages (L0, L1, L2, L3, L4-L5) : 3-50% with an average of about 2/8
  • Total North African lineages (U6, M1) : 0-35% with an average of about 1/8

The North-African mtDna pool is characterized by an "overall high frequency of Western Eurasian haplogroups, a somehow lower frequency of sub-Saharan L lineages, and a significant (but differential) presence of North African haplogroups U6 and M1."[27] According to Cherni et al. 2009 "the post-Last glacial maximum expansion originating in Iberia not only led to the resettlement of Europe but also of North Africa".[59]

According to an Ottoni et al. 2010, besides the "autochthonous" South-Saharan component, the maternal pool of Northern Africa appears to be characterized by at least two other major components: (i) a Levantine contribution (i.e. haplogroups U6 and M1), associated with the return to Africa around 45 kya, and (ii) a more recent West European input associated with the postglacial expansion.[60]

Until recently, some papers suggested that the distribution of the main L haplogroups in North Africa was mainly due to trans-Saharan slave trade.[61] However, in September 2010, a thorough study about Berber mtDNA by Frigi et al. concluded that most of L haplogroups were much older and introduced by an ancient African gene flow around 20,000 years ago.[62]

Autosomal DNA

In an autosomal study in 2012 by Henn et al., the authors conclude that North African populations retain a unique signature of early "Maghrebi" ancestry, but are not a homogeneous group and most display varying combinations of five distinct ancestries (Maghrebi, European, Near Eastern, eastern and western sub-Saharan Africa). The majority of their ancestry derives from populations outside of Africa and is the result of at least three distinct episodes:

  • ancient "back-to-Africa" gene flow prior to the Holocene
  • more recent gene flow from the Near East resulting in a longitudinal gradient
  • limited but very recent migrations from sub-Saharan Africa.

They observed two distinct, opposite gradients of ancestry : an east-to-west increase in likely autochthonous North African ancestry likely derived from "back-to-Africa" gene flow more than 12,000 years ago and an east-to-west decrease in likely Near Eastern Arabic ancestry. The indigenous North African ancestry is more frequent in populations with historical Berber ethnicity. They also find significant signatures of sub-Saharan African ancestry that vary substantially among populations. According to the authors "these sub-Saharan ancestries appear to be a recent introduction into North African populations, dating to about 1,200 years ago in southern Morocco and about 750 years ago into Egypt, possibly reflecting the patterns of the trans-Saharan slave trade that occurred during this period".[63]

Admixture analysis

Recent genetic analysis of North African populations have found that, despite the complex admixture genetic background, there is an autochthonous genomic component which is likely derived from "back-to-Africa" gene flow older than 12,000 years ago (ya) (i.e., prior to the Neolithic migrations). This local population substratum seems to represent a genetic discontinuity with the earliest modern human settlers of North Africa (those with the Aterian industry) given the estimated ancestry is younger than 40,000 years ago. North Morocco, Libya and Egypt carry high proportions of European and Near Eastern ancestral components, whereas Tunisia and Saharawi are those populations with highest autochthonous North African component.[64]

Average ancestry proportions in North African populations estimated by ADMIXTURE for k = 4 different ancestries (October 2012)[65]
Population N Greater Maghreb Europe Near East Sub-Saharan Africa
Algeria 19 39% 27% 16% 18%
Tunisia 18 93% 4% 2% 1%
Saharawi 18 55% 17% 10% 18%
Morocco North 18 44% 31% 14% 11%
Morocco South 16 44% 13% 10% 33%
Libya 17 31% 28% 25% 16%
Egypt 19 19% 37% 30% 14%

Iberia

According to a recent autosomal study in 2013 by Botigué et al. using genome-wide SNP data from over 2,000 individuals, "southwestern European populations averaged between 4% and 20% of their genomes assigned to a North African ancestral cluster, whereas this value did not exceed 2% in southeastern European populations". The highest North African admixture (20%) was found into Canarians while in the Iberian peninsula, the average was 10-12%.[66][67][68]

A similar 2014 autosomal study by Lazaridis et al. found an average African admixture of 14.8% (12.6% Mozabite and 2.2% Mbuti/Yoruba) in the Spanish population, confirming that gene flow from Sub-Saharan and North African populations has occurred in the Spanish sample.[69]

In the Iberian Peninsula, North African male haplogroups, especially E1b1b1b (E-M81), E1b1b1a-b (M78 derived chromosomes showing the rare DYS439 allele 10 or E-V65) and a subset of J1 (M267 derived),[70] are found in significant amounts with an average frequency of about 7-8% in the peninsula with frequencies surpassing 10% in some regions, like 18.6% in Cantabria.[71][72][73][74]

Historically introduced NW African types in Italy and Iberia (Capelli et al. (2009))
Sample N E1b1b1b E1b1b1a-b
(DYS439
allele 10)		 J1 (subset) Total %
Peninsular Italy 915 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.7
Sicily 93 2.2 2.2 3.2 7.5
Spain 717 5.2 1 1.5 7.7
Portugal 659 5 0.3 1.8 7.1
Iberia 1376 5.1 0.7 1.7 7.4

As an exceptional case in Europe, E-M81 has also been observed at 40% the Pasiegos from Cantabria.[75]

Concerning the level of male genetic admixture in Iberia, an important study by Adams et al. 2008 that analysed 1140 individuals in Iberia found a mean North African admixture of 10.6%, with wide geographical variation, ranging from 2.5% in Catalonia, 11.8% in North Portugal, 16.1% in South Portugal, 20.8% in Galicia to 21.7% in North Castile.[73][76]

Iberian region %NW African
male admixture
Castile, NorthWest 21.7%
Minorca 21.5%
Galicia 20.8%
Extremadura 19%
Andalucia, West 16.7%
Portugal, South 16.1%
Valencia 12.8%
Portugal, North 11.8%
Asturias 10.5%
Castile, NorthEast 9.3%
Majorca 6.6%
Aragon 4.8%
Ibiza 3.8%
Andalucia, East 2.4%
Catalonia 2.3%

MtDna (female lineages) genetic studies on Iberian populations also show that North African mitochondrial DNA sequences (haplogroup U6) are found at much higher levels than those generally observed elsewhere in Europe. Although the overall absolute frequency of U6 is low (2.4%), this signals a possible current North African ancestry proportion of 8%–9%, because U6 is not a common lineage in North Africa itself. U6 reaches its highest frequency in North Portugal at about 4-6% where Gonzalez et al. 2003 estimated a possible North African ancestry proportion of 27%.[77][78][79]

Iberia is also the region in Europe with the highest frequency of the female mediated mtDNA haplogroup L of Sub-Saharan origin, likely a result of Berber and Arab colonization or African slave trade. Pereira et al. 2005, who analysed 1045 Iberian individuals, found sub-Saharan mtDNA L haplogroups at rates of 11.38% in south Portugal, 5.02% in Center Portugal, 3.21% in North Portugal and 3.26% in Galicia.[77] According to Alvarez et al. 2010 who found L haplogroups at a rate of 4.70% in the Spanish province of Zamora, "as the Hts found in the area are also shared with North African populations, we cannot discard the possibility that these lineages derived from the North African Muslim permanence in the Iberian Peninsula".[80] In another study, Casas et al. 2006 extracted DNA from human remains that were exhumed from historic burial sites in Al-Andalus, Spain (between 12th-13th century). The frequency of Sub-Saharan lineages detected in the medieval samples was 14.6% and 8.3% in the present population of Priego de Cordoba. The authors suggest both the Muslim occupation, and prehistoric migrations before the Muslim occupation would have been the source of these lineages.[81] Brehm at al. 2003 also found a significant Sub-Saharan imprint in the Autonomous regions of Portugal, with L haplogroups constituting about 13% of the lineages in Madeira and 3.4% in the Azores.

Iberian region/NW African mtDna > 2% N %U6 %L Total Study
Portugal, Alcácer do Sal 50 6.00% 22.00% 28.00% Pereira 2010[82]
Spain, Canary islands (Avg) 300 14.00% 6.60% 20.60% Brehm 2003[83]
Portugal, Madeira 155 3.90% 12.90% 16.80% Brehm 2003
Spain, Huelva (Andalusia) 135 8.86% 5.70% 14.56% Hernandez 2014[84]
Portugal, South 123 1.63% 11.38% 13.01% Pereira 2005[85]
Portugal, South 203 0.49% 10.84% 11.33% Achilli 2007[86]
Portugal, Coruche 160 0.62% 8.7% 9.32% Pereira 2010
Spain, Priego de Cordoba 108 0.93% 8.33% 9.26% Casas 2006[87]
Portugal, Center 203 2.46% 6.40% 8.87% Achilli 2007
Portugal, North 187 5.35% 3.21% 8.56% Pereira 2005
South Iberian Peninsula 310 0.65% 7.42% 8.07% Casas 2006
Portugal, Center 239 2.51% 5.02% 7.53% Pereira 2005
Portugal, North 188 4.26% 3.19% 7.45% Achilli 2007
Spain, Galicia 92 2.17% 3.26% 5.43% Pereira 2005
Spain, Zamora 214 0.47% 4.67% 5.14% Alvarez 2010[88]
Portugal, Açores 179 1.70% 3.40% 5.10% Brehm 2003
Spain, NorthWest 216 1.39% 3.70% 5.09% Achilli 2007
Spain, Center 148 4.05% 0.68% 4.73% Achilli 2007
Spain, NorthEast 118 1.69% 2.54% 4.24% Pereira 2005
Spain, multiple regions 312 1.28% 2.88% 4.16% CarlosAlvarez 2007[89]
Portugal, Pias 75 0.00% 3.9% 3.9% Pereira 2010
Spain, Andalusia 114 1.75% 1.75% 3.51% Achilli 2007
Spain, Granada (Andalusia) 117 2.48% 0.83% 3.31% Hernandez 2014
Spain, Leon 61 1.64% 1.64% 3.28% Pereira 2005
Spain, Andalusia 65 1.54% 1.54% 3.08% Pereira 2005
Spain, NorthEast 179 1.12% 1.68% 2.79% Achilli 2007
Spain, Castile 38 2.63% 0.00% 2.63% Pereira 2005
Spain, Balearic islands 231 0.00% 2.16% 2.16% Picornell 2005[90]

Canary Islands

In Canary Islands, a study by Nicole Maca-Meyer in 2003 found mtDna haplogroup U6 at rate of 14% in the present-day Canary Islands populations reflecting the Berber origin of the Guanches, the aboriginal population of the Canary Islands. In this study they compared aboriginal Guanche mtDNA (collected from Canarian archaeological sites) to that of today's Canarians and concluded that, "despite the continuous changes suffered by the population (Spanish colonization, slave trade), aboriginal mtDNA lineages constitute a considerable proportion [42–73%] of the Canarian gene pool".[91] MtDNA haplogroup L were also found at rate of 6.6%[92] and E-M81 at a rate of 8.28% with frequencies over 10% in the three largest islands of Tenerife (10.68%), Gran Canaria (11.54%) and Fuerteventura (13.33%). According to Fregel et al. 2009 the presence of autochthonous North African E-M81 lineages, and also other relatively abundant markers (E-M78 and J-M267) from the same region in the indigenous Guanche population, "strongly points to that area [North Africa] as the most probable origin of the Guanche ancestors". In this study, they estimated that, based on Y-chromosome and mtDNA haplogroup frequencies, the relative female and male indigenous Guanche contributions to the present-day Canary Islands populations were respectively of 41.8% and 16.1%.[93]

Canary Islands/
NW African mtDna		 N %U6 %L Total Study
La Gomera 46 50.01% 10.86% 60.87% Fregel 2009[94]
El Hierro 32 21.88% 12.49% 34.37% Fregel 2009
Lanzarote 49 20.40% 8.16% 28.56% Fregel 2009
Gran Canaria 80 11.25% 10% 21.25% Fregel 2009
Tenerife 174 12.09% 7.45% 19.54% Fregel 2009
La Palma 68 17.65% 1.47% 19.12% Fregel 2009
Fuerteventura 42 16.66% 2.38% 19.04% Fregel 2009

An autosomal study in 2011 found an average North African influence of about 17% in Canary Islanders with a wide interindividual variation ranging from 0% to 96%. According to the authors, the substantial North African ancestry found for Canary Islanders supports that, despite the aggressive conquest by the Spanish in the 15th century and the subsequent immigration, genetic footprints of the first settlers of the Canary Islands persist in the current inhabitants. Paralleling mtDNA findings, the largest average North African contribution was found for the samples from La Gomera.[95]

Canary Islands N Average
NW African
ancestry
La Gomera 7 42.50%
Fuerteventura 10 21.60%
La Palma 7 21.00%
El Hierro 7 19.80%
Lanzarote 13 16.40%
Tenerife 30 14.30%
Gran Canaria 30 12.40%
Total Canary Islanders 104 17.40%

Italy

In Sicily, the contribution of North African populations is estimated to be about 6%-8% which shows a "genetic affinity between Sicily and North Africa".[74][96] In Italy,[97] North African haplogroups were found especially in a region of Southern Italy (East Campania, Northwest Apulia, Lucera) at frequency of 4.7% due to Frederick II’s relocation of Sicilian Muslims in the city of Lucera in the 13th century.[74] Haplogroup U6 have also been detected in Sicily and Southern Italy at very low levels.[98]

France

Haplogroup E-M81 is also found in some regions of France (excluding recent immigration as only men with French surname were analysed). 2.70% (15/555) overall with frequencies surpassing 5% in Auvergne (5/89) and Île-de-France (5/91).[99]

According to a genetic study in 2000 based on HLA, French from Marseilles "are more or less isolated from the other western European populations. They are in an intermediate position between the North Africans (Algerians from Algiers and Oran; Tunisians) and the western Europeans populations (France, Spain, and Portugal)". According to the authors "these results cannot be attributed to recent events because of the knowledge of the grandparents’ origin" in the sample. This study reveals "that the southern French population from Marseilles is related genetically to the southwestern Europeans and North Africans, who are geographically close" and that "a substantial gene flow has thus probably been present among the populations of these neighboring areas".[100]

Latin America

As a consequence of Spanish and Portuguese colonization of Latin America, North African haplogroups are also found throughout Latin America especially in Brazil and Cuba where frequencies surpass generally 5%.[101][102][103] and among Hispanic men in USA.[104]

According to Fregel et al. (2009), the fact that male North African E-M81 and female U6 lineages from the Canaries have been detected in Cuba and Iberoamerica, demonstrates that Canary Islanders with indigenous Guanche ancestors actively participated in the American colonization.[105]

Other regions

In other countries, North African haplogroups can be found in France, Sudan, Somalia, Jordan (4%),[106] Lebanon and amongst Sephardi Jews.

Linguistics

The Greater Maghreb have hosted several languages. Berber or also known as Amazigh is the indigenous language family of the region, belonging to the greater Afro-Asiatic family. Two thousand years ago, Punic, Berber and Latin would have alternated in communication among the populations of the Western parts of North Africa and the rest of the Mediterranean basin. The Arabic language as known throughout the region nowadays arrived later in the Greater Maghreb with the historical Arab conquest and Islam. This language ousted the Berber languages in its various variants, although the process was a long time one, Berber has long been a very prominent language in Algeria and Morocco till our contemporary era. Romance language itself might still have existed in the Greater Maghreb in the 12th century. The Greater Maghreb once again became partly Romance with colonisation. From the 1830s, the French began by conquering Algeria, where French was declared the official language of the country. It also obtains the position of highly placed languages of local elites.

In today's Greater Maghreb, only Modern Standard Arabic possesses the status of official language, despite Maghrebi Arabic and Berber being the languages of most people. In spite of that, French is doing well in the region at the start of the 21st century.

English is becoming quite popular as a second language subject at schools across the Greater Maghreb.[citation needed]

See also

References and notes

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