Anuak people

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The Anuak people are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Gambela region of western Ethiopia and adjacent areas of South Sudan, known for their agro-pastoral lifestyle and distinct language and culture.

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Label Occurrences
Anuak people canonical 9

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Anyuak ⓘ
Anyuak people ⓘ
Anywaa ⓘ
linked to: Anywa

Anywaa people ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
ethnicBranchOf Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
ethnonym Anuak ⓘ
experiencedEvent Anuak–Nuer conflicts ⓘ
violence in Gambela in early 2000s ⓘ
historicalRegion Anuak land ⓘ
linked to: Anuak
language Anuak language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
mainChristianDenomination Protestantism ⓘ
musicalInstruments drums ⓘ
harp-like instruments ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Dinka people ⓘ
Highland Ethiopians ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopians

Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
politicalOrganization councils of elders ⓘ
village chiefs ⓘ
primaryRegion Gambela Region ⓘ
primarySettlementArea adjacent areas of South Sudan ⓘ
western Ethiopia ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeople Gambela Region ⓘ
recognizedAsMinority Ethiopia ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Upper Nile basin ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
riverineAssociation Akobo River ⓘ
Baro River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gilo River ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
subgroupOf Western Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
subsistenceActivity cattle keeping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle agro-pastoralism ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Nilotic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ
Anuak language → spokenBy → Anuak people ⓘ
Anuak language → ethnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ
Ethiopians → ethnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ
Southwestern Ethiopia → ethnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ
Western Ethiopia → hasEthnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ
subject linked to: western Ethiopia
Itang → hasEthnicGroup → Anuak people ⓘ