Algerians
الجزائريون | |
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Total population | |
+50 million worldwide | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Algeria | 43,900,000[1] |
France | 5,000,000[2][3][4] |
Canada | 120,000[5] |
Belgium | 75,000[5] |
Spain | 70,511 (2022)[6] |
Germany | 60,000[7] |
United States | 60,000[8] |
United Kingdom | 30,000[8] |
Italy | 17,998 (2022)[9] |
Netherlands | ~10,000[10] |
Mali | 1,000[11] |
Languages | |
Algerian Arabic (majority), Berber (minority) | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Islam (Sunni) Minority: Ibadi Islam, Christianity, Judaism,[12][13][14] |
Algerians (
In addition to the approximately 44 million residents of Algeria, there is a large Algerian diaspora as part of the wider Arab diaspora. Considerable Algerian populations can be found in France, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom; with smaller notable concentrations in other Arab states as well as the United States, and Canada.
Ethnic groups
The Arab population of Algeria is a result of the
During the colonial period, there was a large (15% in 1960)
Languages
Modern Standard Arabic and Berber are the official languages of Algeria.[25] The vast majority of Algerians speak Algerian Arabic as their native language, although other Arabic dialects are spoken such as Algerian Saharan Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Egyptian Arabic and Iraqi Arabic.[26] Colloquial Algerian Arabic has some Berber loanwords which represent 8% to 9% of its vocabulary.[27]
A minority of Algerians speak one of the various Berber languages. The largest Berber language is Kabyle with 3 million speakers.[26] It has significant Arabic, French, Latin, Greek, Phoenician and Punic substratum, and Arabic loanwords represent 35%[28] to 46%[29] of the total Kabyle vocabulary.
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- ^ a b "Où vivent les Algériens de la diaspora?". thecasbahpost.com (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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- ^ Kabylia: Christian Churches Closed by Algerian Authorities, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, 28 May 2019,
Since 2000, thousands of Algerian Muslims have put their faith in Christ. Algerian officials estimate the number of Christians at 50,000, but others say it could be twice that number.
- ^ "Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
there is an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 evangelical Christians in Algeria, who practice their faith in mainly unregistered churches in the Kabyle region
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- ^ a b "Algeria", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2023-03-22, retrieved 2023-03-25
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- ^ a b Leclerc, Jacques (5 April 2009). "Algérie: Situation géographique et démolinguistique". L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde (in French). Université Laval. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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