Luhya

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The Luhya are a major Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting western Kenya, known for their rich cultural traditions and agricultural heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luhya canonical 21
Luhya homeland 1
Luwiikhondi (Wikhondi) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abaluhya ⓘ
Luyia ⓘ
citizenshipCommon Kenyan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalPractice bride price negotiations ⓘ
circumcision rites for boys ⓘ
elaborate funeral ceremonies ⓘ
festival harvest celebrations ⓘ
historicalKingdom Wanga Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Wanga
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
language Bukusu language ⓘ
Luhya language ⓘ
linked to: Luhya languages

Maragoli language ⓘ
Wanga dialect ⓘ
other Luhya dialects ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
majorDenomination Anglican Church ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Pentecostal churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
majorSubgroups Banyala ⓘ
Banyore ⓘ
Batsotso ⓘ
Bukusu ⓘ
Idakho ⓘ
Isukha ⓘ
Kabras ⓘ
Kisa ⓘ
Maragoli ⓘ
linked to: Pojulu

Marama ⓘ
Samia ⓘ
Tachoni ⓘ
Tiriki ⓘ
Wanga ⓘ
marriagePattern traditionally arranged marriages ⓘ
musicInstrument drums ⓘ
horns ⓘ
rattles ⓘ
nationalLanguageUsed English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
notableFootballClubSupport AFC Leopards ⓘ
notableLeader Nabongo Mumia ⓘ
populationRegion one of the largest ethnic groups in Kenya ⓘ
primaryRegion Western Kenya ⓘ
linked to: western Kenya
region Bungoma County ⓘ
Busia County ⓘ
Kakamega County ⓘ
Trans Nzoia County ⓘ
Vihiga County ⓘ
linked to: Vihiga District
regionNeighbor Kalenjin ⓘ
Kisii ⓘ
Luo ⓘ
Nandi ⓘ
sportInterest football ⓘ
subgroupOf Bantu peoples of East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
traditionalDance isukuti dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
traditionalFood ingokho (chicken) ⓘ
ugali ⓘ
vegetable stews ⓘ
traditionalHousing compounds with round or rectangular houses ⓘ
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
chickens ⓘ
goats ⓘ
traditionalMusic isukuti drumming ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalUnit chiefdoms ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Kibera → hasEthnicGroup → Luhya ⓘ
Kenyan → languageSpoken → Luhya ⓘ
Luhya languages → includeVariety → Luwiikhondi (Wikhondi) ⓘ
linked to: Luhya
Rift Valley Province → ethnicGroups → Luhya ⓘ
subject linked to: Rift Valley Province of Kenya
Western Kenya → containsEthnicGroup → Luhya ⓘ
subject linked to: western Kenya
Huruma → hasEthnicGroup → Luhya ⓘ
Butere/Mumias District → historicalRegion → Luhya homeland ⓘ
linked to: Luhya