Jieng

E578764

Jieng is the self-designation of the Dinka, a major Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting South Sudan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jieng canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoFoundIn Sudan ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
associatedRiver White Nile and its tributaries ⓘ
linked to: White Nile
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipMajority South Sudan ⓘ
culturalArea East Africa ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set system ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
scarification (declining practice) ⓘ
endonymFor Dinka people ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn South Sudan ⓘ
ethnicMajorityIn some regions of South Sudan ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Dinka language ⓘ
hasClanStructure yes ⓘ
hasExonym Dinka ⓘ
historicalRegion southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan
languageBranch Western Nilotic ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
livelihoodFeature cattle herding is central to culture ⓘ
macroEthnicCategory Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
mainEconomicActivity cattle keeping ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Bari ⓘ
Mundari ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
Shilluk ⓘ
partOf South Sudanese ethnic groups ⓘ
politicalRole major political constituency in South Sudan ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in South Sudan ⓘ
primaryRegion South Sudan ⓘ
region Bahr el Ghazal region ⓘ
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal

Greater Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile

Jonglei region ⓘ
linked to: Jonglei

Nile Basin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Atuot ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
Shilluk ⓘ
selfDesignationOf Dinka people ⓘ
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system ⓘ
subgroupOf Nilotic peoples ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agro-pastoralism ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalReligion Dinka religion ⓘ
usesLanguage Dinka language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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