Noun
an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa
Source: WordNetAfrica north of the Sahara, from a zoological point of view, is now, and has been since early Tertiary times, a part of Europe. This is true both of animals and of the races of man. The Berbers of north Africa to-day are racially identical with the Spaniards and south Italians. Madison Grant
According to historians of the Middle Ages, the Berbers were divided into two branches, Botr and Barnès, descended from Mazigh ancestors, who were themselves divided into tribes and subtribes. Source: Internet
Brett and Fentress, The Berbers (1996) at 23. A more recent tomb for a Berber king, traditionally assigned to Masinissa (238-149) but perhaps his father Gaia, still stands: the Medracen in eastern Algeria. Source: Internet
All those names are similar and perhaps foreign renditions of the name used by the Berbers in general for themselves, Imazighen. Source: Internet
As a result, most Berbers had to study and know Arabic, and had no opportunities until the twenty-first century to use their mother tongue at school or university. Source: Internet
A second mixed army of Arabs and Berbers came in 712 under Ibn Nusayr himself. Source: Internet