Nilotic peoples

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Nilotic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East Africa, known for their pastoralist traditions and distinct cultural practices.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
linguistic group ⓘ
pastoralist people ⓘ
hasAnthropologicalSignificance study of age-set organization ⓘ
study of pastoralism ⓘ
study of segmentary lineage systems ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait age-set systems ⓘ
body scarification ⓘ
cattle-centered culture ⓘ
cattle-related bridewealth ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
segmentary lineage systems ⓘ
hasEthnogenesisRegion Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
hasLanguageBranch Eastern Nilotic languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Nile Valley ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy agropastoralism ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Acholi people ⓘ
Alur people ⓘ
Anuak people ⓘ
Bari people ⓘ
Dinka people ⓘ
Kalenjin people ⓘ
Lango people ⓘ
Luo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Luo people

Maasai people ⓘ
linked to: Maasai

Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer

Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk

Teso people ⓘ
linked to: Iteso people
speaks Acholi language ⓘ
Alur language ⓘ
Dinka language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Luo languages ⓘ
linked to: Luo language

Maasai language ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Shilluk language ⓘ
subclassOf African peoples ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (55)

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

Nilo-Saharan phylum → usedBy → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Nilo-Saharian phylum
Nilotic languages → associatedWith → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Luo people of Tanzania → macroEthnicCategory → Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Luo people of Tanzania → partOf → Luo peoples of the Nile basin ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Nilotic peoples → subclassOf → Nilo-Saharan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Western Nilotic languages → areSpokenBy → Western Nilotic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Omotik people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Karamojong → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Karamojong → subgroupOf → Eastern Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Ngok Dinka → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Ngok Dinka
Jieng → subgroupOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Jieng → macroEthnicCategory → Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Naath → languageFamilyContext → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Naath → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Kwoth → ethnicContext → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Lango sub-region → hasCulturalAffiliation → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Alur community → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Alur community → partOf → Nilotic peoples of East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Nandi–Kalenjin → partOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Kipsigiis → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Atuot people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Western Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Atuot people of Lakes region → partOf → Nilotic peoples of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Majangir people → partOf → Nilotic peoples (broad cultural grouping) ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Teso–Turkana group → subclassOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Teso–Turkana group → subclassOf → Eastern Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Terik people → ethnolinguisticFamily → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Kipsigis people → broaderGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Kipsigis people → broaderGroup → Eastern Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Bari → subgroupOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Tatoga → partOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Jagei Nuer people → culturalSphere → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Anuak people → ethnicBranchOf → Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Anuak people → subgroupOf → Western Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Anyuak → subgroupOf → Eastern Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Padang Dinka people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Padang Dinka subgroup → ethnicGroupIn → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Agar Dinka people → ethnolinguisticFamily → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Agar Dinka people → partOf → Nilotic peoples of the Nile Basin ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Lou Nuer → partOf → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Mang’ati → relatedEthnicGroup → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Bul Nuer people → culturalRegion → Nilotic peoples of the Nile Valley ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Shanqella → appliedTo → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Langi people → partOf → Nilotic peoples of East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
Nandi people → broaderEthnicCategory → Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Marakwet people → subgroupOf → Highland Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples