Tarok people

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The Tarok people are an ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their distinct cultural traditions and use of a Plateau language within the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tarok people canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Plateau language ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm body decoration ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
cropGrown cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yam ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
economicActivity blacksmithing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Nasarawa State ⓘ
Plateau State ⓘ
Taraba State ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tarok language ⓘ
linked to: Tarokoid languages
festival agricultural festivals ⓘ
geographicRegion Jos Plateau region ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Tarok language ⓘ
linked to: Tarokoid languages
locatedIn central Nigeria ⓘ
majorSettlement Langtang ⓘ
Shendam ⓘ
Wase ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
musicInstrument drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Goemai people ⓘ
Jukun people ⓘ
Mupun people ⓘ
Ngas people ⓘ
primaryOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
region Middle Belt (Nigeria) ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in a supreme deity ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Plateau languages → areSpokenBy → Tarok people ⓘ
Tarok → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tarok people ⓘ
Langtang → homelandOf → Tarok people ⓘ
Langtang → ethnicGroup → Tarok people ⓘ
Langtang → hasEthnicGroup → Tarok people ⓘ
Langtang → populationGroup → Tarok people ⓘ
Ngas people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Tarok people ⓘ
Pankshin area → hasEthnicGroup → Tarok people ⓘ