Kabyles people

The Kabyles ( in Kabyle  pronounced ) are a Berber people. Their traditional homeland is highlands of Kabylie (or Kabylia) in northeastern Algeria.

Their name comes from the name of the mountainous region in the north of Algeria where they live traditionally. Perhabs It means "tribes" (from the Arabic "qaba'il" which is the plural of "qabîlah" قبيلة tribe). They speak the Kabyle a Berber. Kabyles have been very active to fight for the official recognition of the Berber language in Algeria.

Related pages
 Kabyle language
 Berber people

Other websites
 Project Kabylepedia 
 Kabyles.com  (French)
 Ethnologue.com: Kabyle language
 Algerian linguistic policy (in French) 
 imyura.com  (kabyle)literature
 MAK

 References 

Category:Berber people
Category:Indigenous peoples