Chaoui people
Išawiyen | |
|---|---|
Chaoui horserider | |
| Total population | |
| 2,870,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Aurès, Algeria | |
| Languages | |
| Shawiya | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kabyles |
The Chaoui people or Shawyia (Arabic: الشاوية, Tachawit: Išawiyen) are a Berber ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria.
They call themselves Išawiyen/Icawiyen (pronounced [iʃawijən]) and speak the Shawiya language. They are the second largest Tell Atlas Berber-speaking ethnicity, alongside the Kabyles and Chenouas.