Ghomaras
غمارة ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ | |
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Location map of the Ghomara tribes | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Rif, Morocco | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic, Ghomara Berber(for Bni Bouzra and Bni Mansour) | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Berbers |
The Ghomara (Arabic: غمارة, romanized: Ghumāra, Berber languages: ⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵏ Ighmaren) are a group of tribes in northern Morocco belonging to the Berbers. They live in the western Rif, in the area of Chefchaouen and Tetouan.
Originally, Ghomaras were a Berber tribal group belonging to the Masmuda confederacy. While most have shifted to speaking Arabic, a minority continue to speak the Berber Ghomara language.