Mirifle

E753670

Mirifle is a major Somali clan-family primarily inhabiting southern Somalia, particularly associated with speakers of the Maay dialect.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mirifle canonical 4
Mirifle Rahanweyn 1
Raxanweyn Mirifle 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan-family ⓘ
alternativeName Mirifle Rahanweyn ⓘ
linked to: Mirifle

Raxanweyn Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Mirifle
associatedDialectGroup Digil-Mirifle dialects ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Somali people ⓘ
associatedLanguageVariety Maay dialect ⓘ
associatedSufiOrders Ahmadiyya ⓘ
Qadiriyya ⓘ
centerOfPopulation Baidoa ⓘ
clanFamilyType Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
contrastedWith Darod clan-family ⓘ
linked to: Darod clans

Dir clan-family ⓘ
linked to: Dir clans

Hawiye clan-family ⓘ
linked to: Hawiye clans

Isaaq clan-family ⓘ
linked to: Isaaq clan
country Somalia ⓘ
culturalArea Inter-riverine region of Somalia ⓘ
linked to: southern Somalia
demographicStatusInBay majority population group ⓘ
dominantInLocalAdministration Baidoa ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCategory Somali Digil-Mirifle ⓘ
hasSubclans multiple lineages and subclans ⓘ
historicalEconomicRole grain production in southern Somalia ⓘ
livestock trade in southern Somalia ⓘ
historicalRole key role in politics of southern Somalia ⓘ
languageBranchOfDialectSpoken Somali language ⓘ
linked to: Somali
languageFamilyOfDialectSpoken Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamilyOfDialectSpoken Cushitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Cushitic
majorSettlementRegion Bakool region ⓘ
Bay region ⓘ
Gedo region ⓘ
Hiraan region ⓘ
linked to: Hiiraan region

Lower Juba region ⓘ
Lower Shabelle region ⓘ
Middle Juba region ⓘ
partOf Rahanweyn ⓘ
politicalInfluenceRegion South West State of Somalia ⓘ
primaryRegion southern Somalia ⓘ
primaryReligionPractice Sufi Islam ⓘ
recognizedAs major Somali clan-family ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure segmentary lineage system ⓘ
traditionalConflictResolution council of elders ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agropastoralism ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
usesCustomaryLaw xeer ⓘ
usesWritingSystemForLanguage Arabic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Osmanya script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Maay → associatedEthnicGroup → Mirifle ⓘ
Mirifle → alternativeName → Mirifle Rahanweyn ⓘ
linked to: Mirifle
Mirifle → alternativeName → Raxanweyn Mirifle ⓘ
linked to: Mirifle
Rahanweyn people → subClan → Mirifle ⓘ