Nambya people

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The Nambya people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in northwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana, closely related culturally and linguistically to neighboring groups such as the Kalanga.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nambya people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Botswana ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
culturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
traditional rainmaking ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegion Southern Africa ⓘ
culturalSimilarity Kalanga people ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Botswana ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
ethnicity Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
ethnoLinguisticGroup Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
hasDialectContinuumWith Kalanga language ⓘ
historicalAssociation Rozvi Empire ⓘ
historicalLanguageInfluence Kalanga language ⓘ
Shona languages ⓘ
language Nambya language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticSimilarity Kalanga language ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Botswana ⓘ
northwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Botswana ⓘ
ethnic minority in Zimbabwe ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Kalanga people ⓘ
Ndebele people ⓘ
Tonga people ⓘ
primaryLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
region Hwange area ⓘ
linked to: Hwange District

Kazungula area ⓘ
linked to: Kazungula

Zambezi basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
relatedEthnicGroup Kalanga people ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignation Nambya ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture mud and thatch homesteads ⓘ
traditionalDress animal-skin garments ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Hwange District ⓘ
Matabeleland North Province ⓘ
linked to: Matabeleland North

northwestern Zimbabwe ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kalanga people → neighboringGroup → Nambya people ⓘ
Midlands Province → hasEthnicGroup → Nambya people ⓘ
subject linked to: Midlands
Nambya language → usedBy → Nambya people ⓘ
Nambya language → ethnicGroup → Nambya people ⓘ