Pabir people

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The Pabir people are an ethnic group of northeastern Nigeria, closely related to the Bura, known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical kingdoms in the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pabir people canonical 2
Bura-Pabir people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalProduct groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
colonialExperience British colonial rule in Northern Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade systems ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
oral history traditions ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
culturalRegion Sudanic belt ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
economicActivity livestock rearing ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
ethnolinguisticRelation Bura people ⓘ
historicalCenter Biu ⓘ
historicalInteraction Kanem-Borno Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kanem Empire
historicalKingdom Biu Kingdom ⓘ
historicalProcess state formation in Biu area ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Chadic languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Pabir language ⓘ
linked to: Bura-Pabir language
linguisticStatus minority language community in Nigeria ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bachama people ⓘ
Fulani people ⓘ
linked to: Fulani

Hausa people ⓘ
Kanuri people ⓘ
Marghi people ⓘ
politicalOrganization centralized chieftaincy ⓘ
postcolonialState Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Nigeria
primaryState Adamawa State ⓘ
Borno State ⓘ
Yobe State ⓘ
region Northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: North East Nigeria
relatedEthnicGroup Bura people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religions ⓘ
religiousInfluence Islamization of northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
traditionalOccupation craft production ⓘ
farming ⓘ
trading ⓘ
traditionalReligionElement ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit cults ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Mai of Biu ⓘ
linked to: Mai
writingSystem Latin alphabet (for Pabir language, limited use) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Bura-Pabir → spokenBy → Pabir people ⓘ
Babur/Bura people → alsoKnownAs → Bura-Pabir people ⓘ
linked to: Pabir people
Bura-Pabir language → spokenBy → Pabir people ⓘ