Kotoko

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The Kotoko are an ethnic group of fishing and farming communities living around the Lake Chad region in Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria, known historically for their riverine kingdoms and distinctive Chadic language.

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Kotoko canonical 12

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
boatType dugout canoes ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
culturalArea Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding (limited) ⓘ
floodplain agriculture ⓘ
environment Sahelian zone ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

wetlands of Lake Chad ⓘ
ethnonym Kotoko people ⓘ
fishingMethod net fishing ⓘ
trap fishing ⓘ
historicalInfluence Kanem–Bornu Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kanem Empire
historicalPoliticalOrganization riverine kingdoms ⓘ
historicalRegion Chari River basin ⓘ
linked to: Chari River

Logone River valley ⓘ
linked to: Logone floodplain
housingType mud-brick houses ⓘ
languageBranch Biu–Mandara branch ⓘ
languageFamily Chadic languages ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Kanuri ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri people

Mafa ⓘ
Masa ⓘ
Shuwa Arabs ⓘ
partOf Lake Chad cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
region Lake Chad region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
religiousInfluence Islamization from Kanem–Bornu ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Afade language ⓘ
Buduma language ⓘ
Lagwan language ⓘ
Malgbe language ⓘ
Maslam language ⓘ
Mpade language ⓘ
Mser language ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType riverine communities ⓘ

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