Group: | Azawagh Arabs |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Population: | 300,000 |
Popplace: | |
Langs: | Hassaniya Arabic |
Rels: | Sunni Islam |
Related: | Arabs (Bedouin groups) |
The Azawagh Arabs (Arabic: عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.[1]
Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara[2] and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.[3]