Nawuri people

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The Nawuri people are an indigenous ethnic group of Ghana, primarily residing in the northern Volta and Oti regions, known for their distinct Guan heritage, language, and agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nawuri people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
language ⓘ
agriculturalProduct cassava ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
yam ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
economicActivity subsistence farming ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ghana ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Guan ⓘ
governedBy chiefs ⓘ
hasCulturalArea Kpandai area ⓘ
linked to: Kpandai District
hasCulturalIdentity Nawuri ⓘ
hasHeritage Guan heritage ⓘ
language Nawuri language ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Guan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Volta Region ⓘ
Oti Region ⓘ
linked to: Oti Region of Ghana
musicTradition dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Basaari people ⓘ
Gonja people ⓘ
Konkomba people ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
partOf Guan peoples ⓘ
primaryLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
region Northern Ghana ⓘ
Savannah ecological zone ⓘ
Volta Basin ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud houses ⓘ
thatch roofs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Nawuri language → ethnicGroup → Nawuri people ⓘ
Nawuri language → hasSpeakersAmong → Nawuri people ⓘ
subject linked to: Nawuli
Nawuri language → usedBy → Nawuri people ⓘ
subject linked to: Nawuli
Nawuli → usedBy → Nawuri people ⓘ
Nawuri → spokenBy → Nawuri people ⓘ
Nawuri → ethnicity → Nawuri people ⓘ