Lungu people

E731655

The Lungu people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in northern Zambia and southwestern Tanzania, known for their shared cultural and linguistic heritage with neighboring groups such as the Mambwe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lungu people canonical 5
Lwena people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
areLocatedNear Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
border of Zambia and Tanzania ⓘ
colonialHistory were under British colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
were under German then British colonial rule in Tanganyika ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
culturalArea Northern Province, Zambia ⓘ
Rukwa Region, Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Region
ethnolinguisticRelation Bemba people ⓘ
Mambwe people ⓘ
geographicFeature Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticGroup Mambwe-Lungu language cluster ⓘ
modernReligionMix Christianity blended with traditional beliefs ⓘ
neighboringGroup Bemba people ⓘ
Fipa people ⓘ
Mambwe people ⓘ
Namwanga people ⓘ
primaryRegion Northern Zambia ⓘ
Southwestern Tanzania ⓘ
region Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Mambwe people ⓘ
sharesLinguisticHeritageWith Mambwe people ⓘ
socialOrganization patrilineal ⓘ
subgroupOf Mambwe-Lungu ⓘ
linked to: Mambwe
traditionalEconomy lake fishing on Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Lungu language ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood animal husbandry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum-based music ⓘ
usesClanSystem yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Mambwe people → areRelatedTo → Lungu people ⓘ
Lunda people → relatedEthnicGroup → Lwena people ⓘ
linked to: Lungu people
Tanganyika Province → hasEthnicGroup → Lungu people ⓘ
Namwanga people → relatedEthnicGroup → Lungu people ⓘ
Mambwe-Lungu language → spokenBy → Lungu people ⓘ