- The
Sanhaja (Arabic: صنهاجة, Ṣanhaja or زناگة
Znaga;
Berber languages: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the
largest Berber...
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Zenaga (autonym: Tuẓẓungiyya or āwӓy ən uẓ̄nӓgӓn) is a
Berber language on the
verge of
extinction currently spoken in
Mauritania and
northern Senegal by...
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Imraguen were
traditionally reduced to the
degrading lower-caste
status of
Znaga,
forcibly ruled and
taxed (horma) by more
powerful Berber, H****ane and Zawia...
- Sughai, Zanghi, Zingani, Zanj, Zahn, Zaan, Zarai, Dyagha, and
possibly Znaga.[dubious – discuss] In
ancient times somewhere surmised between the 9th...
- They held
power over
Sanhadja Berber-descended
zawiya (religious) and
znaga (servant) tribes,
extracting from
these the
horma tax in
exchange for armed...
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roles as
either exploited semi-sedentary
agriculturalists and
fishermen (
znaga tribes), or,
higher up on the
social ladder, as
religious (marabout or zawiya)...
- such as the H****aniya-speaking Sahrawis,
whose po****tions
include the
Znaga, a
tribe whose name is a
remnant of the pre-historic
Zenaga language. Other...
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Tribal castes and terms: H****ane (warrior tribes)
Zaouiya (religious tribes)
Znaga (subservient tribes)
Haratine (former slaves, freedmen) Abid (slaves) Igaouen...
- and
extracting tribute –
horma – from the
subservient Berber-descended
znaga tribes.
Below them
ranked servile groups known as Haratin, a
black po****tion...
- both
these groups, but
still part of the
Western Sahara society,
stood the
znaga tribes—tribal
groups labouring in
demeaning occupations, such as fishermen...
