Nyangatom people

E1000306

The Nyangatom people are a pastoralist ethnic group living along the Ethiopia–South Sudan border, known for cattle herding, age-set social organization, and distinctive body adornment and scarification practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyangatom people canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
pastoralist community ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Omo River area ⓘ
linked to: Omo River
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
conflictContext inter-ethnic resource conflicts ⓘ
conflictDriver competition over grazing land ⓘ
competition over water sources ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
economy livestock-based economy ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
genderRolePattern patriarchal ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice bead adornment ⓘ
cattle-raiding traditions ⓘ
lip and ear ornamentation ⓘ
ritual scarification ⓘ
hasOralTradition cattle songs ⓘ
clan histories ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
livelihoodRisk cattle disease ⓘ
drought ⓘ
livesAlong Ethiopia–South Sudan border ⓘ
mainLivestock cattle ⓘ
marriageSystem bridewealth in livestock ⓘ
neighboringGroup Dassanech people ⓘ
Mursi people ⓘ
Surma people ⓘ
linked to: Surma peoples

Toposa people ⓘ
practices body adornment ⓘ
scarification ⓘ
primarySubsistence agro-pastoralism ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
region Lower Omo Valley ⓘ
reliesOnResource pasturelands ⓘ
seasonal rivers ⓘ
religionType traditional African religions ⓘ
secondaryLivestock goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
settlementPattern semi-nomadic ⓘ
socialStructure segmentary lineage system ⓘ
uses age grades ⓘ
usesBodyModification scarification for identity and status ⓘ
usesSocialOrganizationType age-set system ⓘ
youthRole warrior age-set ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iteso people → relatedEthnicGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Nyangatom language → spokenBy → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Omo River → associatedEthnicGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Southern Ethiopia → hasEthnicGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Ethiopia
Mursi people → neighboringGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Teso–Turkana group → hasPart → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Dongiro → spokenBy → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Dongiro → ethnicGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Dongiro → hasNativeSpeakers → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Ongamo → spokenBy → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Omo Valley region → containsEthnicGroup → Nyangatom people ⓘ
Ateker languages → ethnicallyAssociatedWith → Nyangatom people ⓘ