Deserts and xeric shrublands form one of the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19 % of Earth's land surface with areas characterized by receiving less than 250 millimetres on average, the marked seasonality of water, its temperature extremes and the scarcity of arboreal vegetation.

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FAMILY Ethno-Linguistic	COMMUNITIES  Wikipedia	WRITINGS Google Scholar	FILMING YouTube	ARTWORKS Art for Nomads	PHOTO Google photos
1.Athapaskan	APACHE ↗ NAVAJO ↗	-	-	-	-
2. Seri	SERI ↗	-	-	-	-
3.Uto-aztecan	HUICHOL ↗	-	-	-	-
4. Berber/arabic	AIT ATTA ↗ REGUIBAT ↗ MOOR ↗ TUAREG ↗ MRAZIG ↗	-	-	-	-
5. Nilo-saharian	TOUBOU↗ TURKANA ↗	-	-	-	-
6. Arabo-bedu	BAGGARA ↗ ZUWAYYA ↗ RASHAIDA ↗ MAA´ZA ↗ MUZEINA ↗ HOWEITAT ↗ NEGEV BEDU ↗ RUWALLAH ↗ AL-MURRAH ↗	-	-	-	-
7. Cushitic	ABABDA ↗ BEJA ↗ AFAR ↗ ISSA ↗ GABRA ↗ RENDILLE ↗	-	-	-	-
8. Kurdish	IRAQI KURDS ↗ KHORASAN KURDS↗	-	-	-	-
9. Bantu	HIMBA ↗ MUCUBAL ↗	-	-	-	-
10. Khoisan	!KUNG ↗ NHARO ↗ NAMA ↗	-	-	-	-
11. Malagasy	MIKEA↗ VEZO ↗ TANDROY ↗	-	-	-	-
12. Indo-Iranian	BASSERI ↗	-	-	-	-
13. Urdu	BALOCH↗	-	-	-	-
14. Indo-Aryan	RABARI ↗ RAIKA ↗ KHANABADOSH ↗	-	-	-	-
15. Pashtun	KUCHI ↗	-	-	-	-
16. Turk	TURKMEN ↗	-	-	-	-
17. Dravidian	CHENCHU ↗	-	-	-	-
18. Mongolian	KHALKHA ↗	-	-	-	-
19. Pama-Nyungan	MARDU ↗ PINTUBI ↗ ARRERNTE ↗ WARLPIRI ↗ MANDJILDJARA ↗ PITJANTJATJARA ↗	-	-	-	-