Algerians Explained

Group:Algerians
Native Name:الجزائريون
Native Name Lang:ar
Population:+50 million worldwide
Region1:
Pop1:43,900,000
Ref1:[1]
Region2:
Pop2:5,000,000
Ref2:[2] [3] [4]
Region3:
Pop3:120,000
Ref3:[5]
Region4:
Pop4:75,000
Region5:
Pop5:70,511 (2022)
Ref5:[6]
Region6:
Pop6:60,000
Ref6:[7]
Region7:
Pop7:60,000
Ref7:[8]
Region8:
Pop8:30,000
Region9:
Pop9:17,998 (2022)
Ref9:[9]
Region10:
Pop10:~10,000
Ref10:[10]
Region11:
Pop11:1,000
Ref11:[11]
Languages:Algerian Arabic (majority), Berber (minority)
Religions:Predominantly Islam (Sunni)
Minority: Ibadi Islam, Christianity, Judaism,[12] [13]

Algerians are the citizens and nationals of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. The majority of the country's population is composed of Arabs who make up 85% of the population, and there is a Berber minority of 15%. The term also applies more broadly to any people who are of Algerian nationality, sharing a common culture and identity, as well as those who natively speak Algerian Arabic or other languages of Algeria.[14]

In addition to the approximately 44 million residents of Algeria, there is a large Algerian diaspora as part of the wider Arab diaspora. Considerable Algerian populations can be found in France,Belgium,Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom; with smaller notable concentrations in other Arab states as well as the United States, and Canada.

Ethnic groups

See main article: Ethnic groups in Algeria, Arabs and Berbers. Arabs make up 73.6% to 85% of the population of Algeria, Berbers make up 15% to 23.2%, Arabized Berbers make up 3%, and others make up 0.2%.[15] Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, Turks as well as other ethnic groups have contributed to the culture and languages of the Algerian population.[16] Descendants of Andalusi refugees are also present in the population of Algiers and other cities.[17] Moreover, Spanish was spoken by these Aragonese and Castillian Morisco descendants deep into the 18th century, and even Catalan was spoken at the same time by Catalan Morisco descendants in the small town of Grish El-Oued.[18]

The Arab population of Algeria is a result of the inflow of sedentary and nomadic Arab tribes from Arabia since the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th century.[19] The Berbers are divided into many groups with varying languages. The largest of these are the Kabyles, who live in the Kabylia region east of Algiers, the Chaoui of North-East Algeria, the Tuaregs in the southern desert and the Shenwa people of North Algeria.[20]

During the colonial period, there was a large (15% in 1960)[21] European population who became known as Pied-Noirs. They were primarily of French, Spanish and Italian origin. Almost all of this population left during the war of independence or immediately after its end.[22]

Languages

Modern Standard Arabic and Berber are the official languages of Algeria.[23] The vast majority of Algerians speak Algerian Arabic as their native language, although other Arabic dialects are spoken such as Algerian Saharan Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Egyptian Arabic and Iraqi Arabic.[24] Colloquial Algerian Arabic has some Berber loanwords which represent 8% to 9% of its vocabulary.[25]

A minority of Algerians speak one of the various Berber languages. The largest Berber language is Kabyle with 3 million speakers. It has significant Arabic, French, Latin, Greek, Phoenician and Punic substratum, and Arabic loanwords represent 35%[26] to 46%[27] of the total Kabyle vocabulary.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-09-20. World Population Prospects. Population Division - United Nations.
  2. Web site: Répartition des étrangers par nationalité. INSEE. 12 December 2011.
  3. Web site: Être né en France d'un parent immigré. INSEE. 12 December 2011.
  4. http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=IMMFRA12_g_Flot1_pop Fiches thématiques - Population immigrée - Immigrés - Insee Références - Édition 2012
  5. Web site: Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables . Statistics Canada . 1 June 2016. Statistics Canada.
  6. Web site: Población por comunidades y provincias, país de nacimiento, edad (grupos quinquenales) y sexo. Istituto Nacional de estadística. 27 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Ausländische Bevölkerung und Schutzsuchende nach Regionen und Herkunftsländern . Statistics Germany. 15 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Où vivent les Algériens de la diaspora?. fr. thecasbahpost.com. 10 September 2016 . 29 January 2023.
  9. Web site: Algerini in Italia al 2022. Tuttitalia Cittadini stranieri al 2022. 27 March 2023.
  10. Web site: CBS StatLine - Bevolking; generatie, geslacht, leeftijd en herkomstgroepering, 1 januari. statline.cbs.nl. nl. 29 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination. February 10, 2014. migrationpolicy.org. April 16, 2024. April 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414153852/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination/. live.
  12. Web site: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 30 June 2015. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. there is an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 evangelical Christians in Algeria, who practice their faith in mainly unregistered churches in the Kabyle region. 27 May 2023. 15 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210715132018/https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/826846/download. dead.
  13. Johnstone. Patrick. Miller. Duane Alexander. Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 2015. 11. 8. 30 October 2015.
  14. Web site: Algeria - The World Factbook . 2023-01-29 . www.cia.gov.
  15. Web site: Algeria Flag, Capital, Population, Map, & Language Britannica . 2022-09-18 . www.britannica.com . en.
  16. Web site: UNESCO . 2009 . Diversité et interculturalité en Algérie . UNESCO . 9 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130725111743/http://rabat.unesco.org/IMG/pdf/Diversite_InterculturalitAlgerie.pdf . 25 July 2013 .
  17. Book: Modern Algeria – The Origins and Development of a Nation . 22 . Ruedy, John Douglas . Indiana University Press. 9780253217820. 2005.
  18. Book: De Epalza, Mikel. El español hablado en Túnez por los moriscos (siglos XVII-XVIII). 2011. Universitat de València. 32–38–39–444. 9788437084152.
  19. Book: Stearns . Peter N. . The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged . Leonard Langer . William . . 2001 . 978-0-395-65237-4 . 6 . 129–131.
  20. Book: Marion Mill Preminger. The sands of Tamanrasset: the story of Charles de Foucauld. 1961. Hawthorn Books .
  21. Book: Cook, Bernard A. . Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia . 2001 . Garland . New York . 978-0-8153-4057-7 . 398.
  22. Book: Migration and Development Co-Operation . 25 . De Azevedo, Raimond Cagiano . Council of Europe. 9789287126115. 1994.
  23. Web site: Constitution of Algeria . Wikisource.
  24. Web site: Leclerc, Jacques . 5 April 2009 . Algérie: Situation géographique et démolinguistique . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124150058/http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/algerie-1demo.htm . 24 January 2010 . 8 January 2010 . L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde . . fr.
  25. Book: Wexler, Paul . The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews . 2012-02-01 . State University of New York Press . 978-1-4384-2393-7 . en.
  26. Book: Baldauf . Richard B. . Language Planning and Policy in Africa . Kaplan . Robert B. . 2007-01-01 . Multilingual Matters . 978-1-84769-011-1 . en.
  27. Book: Kossmann, Maarten . The Arabic Influence on Northern Berber . 2013-07-18 . BRILL . 978-90-04-25309-4 . 98 . en.

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