The Kabyles or Kabylians (in Kabyle language: Iqbayliyen) are the largest homogeneous Algerian cultural-linguistic-ethnic community and is among the largest groups in North Africa to be considered exclusively Berber.

Their traditional homeland is Kabylia (or Kabylie) in the north of Algeria, one hundred miles east of Algiers.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, they are also very present in the Algérois (Algiers region).

Around 40% of Algiers's population is Kabyle.There are also, due to emigration during the 19th and 20th centuries, large Kabyle communities in France and in the Americas, especially in the United States and Canada.Kabyles speak Kabyle.

Since the Berber Spring in 1980, they have been at the forefront of the fight for the official recognition of the Berber languages and secularism ("laïcité") in Algeria (see Languages of Algeria).The Kabyle region is referred to as Al Qabayel ("tribes") by the arabic-speaking population and as Kabylie in French, but its inhabitants call it Tamurt Idurar ("Land of Mountains") or Tamurt Iqvayliyen ("Homeland of kabyles").

It is part of the Atlas Mountains and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean.