Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)

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Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) is a major Somali clan-family known for its distinct Maay-speaking communities, agro-pastoral lifestyle, and cultural influence in southern Somalia.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan-family ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Digil iyo Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Digil and Mirifle

Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
Raxanweyn ⓘ
associatedCity Baidoa ⓘ
conflictExperience affected by Somali civil war ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
culturalInfluence influential in southern Somali music and poetry ⓘ
culturalTrait communal farming traditions ⓘ
distinct Maay oral poetry ⓘ
customaryLaw xeer-based clan customary law ⓘ
demography large population in Bay and Bakool regions ⓘ
distinctFrom Darod ⓘ
Dir ⓘ
Hawiye ⓘ
Isaaq ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
historicalRole important role in southern Somali agriculture ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
languageGroup Maay Maay ⓘ
lifestyle agro-pastoral ⓘ
livelihood cattle and small ruminant herding ⓘ
sorghum and maize cultivation ⓘ
majorSubgroup Digil ⓘ
Mirifle ⓘ
politicalRepresentation South West State of Somalia ⓘ
primaryLanguage Maay ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the major Somali clan-families ⓘ
region Bakool region ⓘ
Bay region ⓘ
Gedo ⓘ
Hiraan ⓘ
Lower Shabelle ⓘ
Middle Shabelle ⓘ
southern Somalia ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
settlementPattern rural villages and small towns ⓘ
socialStructure clan and sub-clan lineage system ⓘ
subClanOf Somali people ⓘ
traditionalEconomy livestock herding ⓘ
rain-fed farming ⓘ
usesDialect Maay Somali ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

South West State of Somalia → hasEthnicGroup → Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) ⓘ
Maay → spokenBy → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Digil → associatedEthnicGroup → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) → alternativeName → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Mirifle → clanFamilyType → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Maay Maay → spokenBy → Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) Somalis ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Af-Maay → spokenBy → Digil-Mirifle Somalis ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn communities → alsoKnownAs → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Digil and Mirifle clans → alsoKnownAs → Raxanweyn Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn people → alternativeName → Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)