Kota community

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The Kota community is an indigenous ethnic group of the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, known for its distinct Dravidian language, traditional music, and craft practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kota community canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Nilgiri biosphere region ⓘ
autonym Kota ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage distinct musical traditions ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ
traditional dress ⓘ
culturalRegion South India ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural labor ⓘ
craft sales ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Kota ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kota people ⓘ
hasOralTradition folksongs ⓘ
myths and legends ⓘ
heritageStatus distinct indigenous culture of Nilgiris ⓘ
language Kota language ⓘ
languageEndangermentStatus endangered language ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus minority language community ⓘ
locatedIn Nilgiri Hills ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
musicInstruments traditional drums ⓘ
wind instruments ⓘ
neighboringCommunity Badaga community ⓘ
Kurumba community ⓘ
linked to: Kurumba people

Toda people ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of the Nilgiris ⓘ
linked to: Irula people
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
region Western Ghats ⓘ
religiousPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based community ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
blacksmithing ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalMusic Kota traditional music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation craft production ⓘ
traditionalReligion Hinduism ⓘ
usesScript Tamil script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kota language → ethnicGroup → Kota community ⓘ
Kota–Toda → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Kota community ⓘ