Agar Dinka people

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The Agar Dinka people are a subgroup of the Dinka ethnic community of South Sudan, known for their Nilotic heritage, cattle-herding culture, and distinctive dialect within the Dinka language continuum.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Agar Dinka people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
subgroup of the Dinka people ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship South Sudan ⓘ
culturalHeritage Nilotic cattle culture ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set system ⓘ
cattle-name system ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Lakes State ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfCountry South Sudan ⓘ
ethnolinguisticFamily Nilotic peoples ⓘ
hasDialect Agar Dinka dialect ⓘ
historicalRegion Bahr el Ghazal area ⓘ
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Dinka language continuum ⓘ
linked to: Dinka language
linguisticBranch Western Dinka dialect cluster ⓘ
majorLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
neighboringGroup Atuot people ⓘ
Ciec Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka Ciec

Jur people ⓘ
partOf Dinka people ⓘ
Nilotic peoples of the Nile Basin ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
region Lakes State ⓘ
central South Sudan ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Abyei Dinka ⓘ
Bor Dinka ⓘ
Malual Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka Gok

Rek Dinka ⓘ
Twic Dinka ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Dinka religion ⓘ
selfIdentification Agar ⓘ
sharesCultureWith other Dinka sections ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agropastoralism ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
usesCattleFor bridewealth ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
social status ⓘ
usesLanguage Agar variety of Dinka ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Agar Dinka → spokenBy → Agar Dinka people ⓘ
Padang Dinka people → relatedEthnicGroup → Agar Dinka people ⓘ