Chleuh

Chleuh

Total population
10,000,000
Regions with significant populations
Morocco - Atlas Mountains, Souss Valley
Languages
Tashelhiyt
Religion
Predominantly Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Berbers

The Chleuh people (or Shleuh or Shluh: the 'ch' is the French equivalent of the English 'sh'; native name 'ašəlḥi', pl. 'išəlḥiyn') are a Berber ethnic group.^[1] They live mainly in Morocco's Atlas Mountains and Souss Valley. The Chleuh population is estimated to be approximately 10,000,000.^[2] They speak the Tashelhiyt language in several regional varieties. The indigenous peoples of the central Moroccan coast, noted by the early Phoenician explorers, would have been the Chleuh. The first millennium voyages of Hanno described the Phoenicians' methods of peacefully trading with the native peoples of the Mogador area.^[3]

The Chleuh are associated with Berber music of Morocco and dance.

Through a process of linguistic transference, which is not completely clear but evidently dates from the period of French colonial rule in North Africa, the name "Chleuh" also came to be a French pejorative term for Germans (see: List of terms used for Germans#France).

See also

• Anti-Atlas - native subregion of the Atlas Mountains.

Notes

References

• "Shluh", Encyclopædia Britannica online, 2008, webpage: EB-Shluh.

External links

• Pictures of Shleuhs
• chleuhs.com (French)

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