Jita

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The Jita are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting areas around Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jita canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
countryCapital Dodoma ⓘ
countryLargestCity Dar es Salaam ⓘ
countrySubdivision Kagera Region ⓘ
Mara Region ⓘ
Mwanza Region ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
hasAlternativeName Bajita ⓘ
Wajita ⓘ
hasDemonym Mjita ⓘ
hasLanguageCode jit ⓘ
hasPluralDemonym Wajita ⓘ
inhabits areas around Lake Victoria ⓘ
language Jita language ⓘ
languageBranch Bantoid languages ⓘ
Benue-Congo languages ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Victoria ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Haya ⓘ
Kuria ⓘ
Sukuma ⓘ
Zanaki ⓘ
partOf Bantu peoples of East Africa ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
primaryLanguage Jita language ⓘ
region northwestern Tanzania ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
subregion East Africa ⓘ
traditionalArea southern shores of Lake Victoria ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle keeping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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