Daza

E40959

The Daza are an ethnic group of the central Sahara, primarily in Chad, known for their nomadic pastoralist lifestyle and close cultural and linguistic ties to the Toubou (Tebu) peoples.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Daza canonical 5
Dazaga 2
Teda–Daza 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population group
alternativeName Dazaga
linked to: Daza

Gorane
climateOfHomeland Saharan desert climate
hyper-arid
continent Africa
country Chad
Libya
Niger
culturalArea Sahara
linked to: Sahara Desert

Sahel
economicActivity camel herding
goat herding
pastoralism
sheep herding
ethnicGroupIn Chad
Libya
Niger
ethnonym Daza
language Dazaga
linked to: Daza
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
languageSubfamily Saharan languages
lifestyle nomadic
semi-nomadic
livestock camels
donkeys
goats
sheep
mobilityPattern transhumant pastoralism
notableSubgroupOf Toubou
partOf Tebu peoples
linked to: Teda people

Toubou peoples
linked to: Toubou people
primaryCountryOfResidence Chad
region Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
Tibesti Mountains
central Sahara
relatedEthnicGroup Tebu
Teda
Toubou
religion Sunni Islam
socialOrganization clan-based
tribal
traditionalHabitat desert plateaus
mountainous Saharan regions
oases of the central Sahara
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam animism
usesScript Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Tebu subgroup Daza
Toubou ethnonym Teda–Daza
linked to: Daza
Teda neighboringGroup Daza
Daza ethnonym Daza
Daza alternativeName Dazaga
linked to: Daza
Daza language Dazaga
linked to: Daza
Tebu languages hasAlternativeName Teda-Daza
linked to: Daza
Gorane alsoKnownAs Daza
Toubou people alternativeName Teda–Daza
linked to: Daza
Tubu subgroup Daza