Population
The area is populated by the Kabyles, a Berber ethnic group, the second most populous Berber people after the Chleuhs in Morocco. They speak the Kabyle variety of Berber. Since the Berber Spring in 1980, Kabyles have been at the forefront of the fight for the official recognition of the Berber language (see Languages of Algeria) and secularism (laïcité) in Algeria .
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