Tama people

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The Tama people are an ethnic group of Central Africa, primarily living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, known for speaking a Nilo-Saharan language and practicing agro-pastoralism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tama people canonical 4
Tama-speaking peoples 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
agriculturalCrops groundnuts
millet
sesame
sorghum
associatedWithRegion Darfur
linked to: Darfur region

Wadai
climateZone Sahel
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
economicActivity agriculture
pastoralism
ethnolinguisticGroup Tama-speaking peoples
linked to: Tama people
inheritancePattern patrilineal
language Tama language
linked to: Taman languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
languageStatus local language
livelihoodType semi-sedentary
livestock cattle
goats
sheep
marriagePattern patrilineal
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Chad
ethnic minority in Sudan
neighboringEthnicGroup Fur people
Masalit people
Zaghawa people
politicalInvolvement Chadian civil conflicts
Darfur conflict
primaryLocationInChad eastern Chad
primaryLocationInSudan western Sudan
region Central Africa
religion Islam
religionBranch Sunni Islam
socialOrganization clan-based
traditionalHousing mud-brick houses
thatched huts
traditionalSubsistence agro-pastoralism
useOfLanguage oral tradition

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Taman languages hasEthnicity Tama people
western Sudan hasEthnicGroup Tama people
Tama people ethnolinguisticGroup Tama-speaking peoples
linked to: Tama people
Mararit people ethnolinguisticGroup Tama-speaking peoples
linked to: Tama people
Sungor people relatedGroup Tama people