Guruntum people

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The Guruntum people are an ethnic group native to parts of Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions within the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guruntum people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
crop groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
culturalRegion Middle Belt Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Middle Belt
culturalTrait agricultural festivals ⓘ
distinct language ⓘ
local customary law ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
ethnonym Guruntum ⓘ
ISO639-3Code grd ⓘ
language Guruntum language ⓘ
languageEndonym Guruntum-Mbaaru ⓘ
linked to: Guruntum
linguisticStatus minority language speakers in Nigeria ⓘ
majorContactLanguage English language ⓘ
Hausa language ⓘ
linked to: Hausa
nativeLanguageBranch West Chadic languages ⓘ
linked to: West Chadic
nativeLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
nativeLanguageGroup Barawa (Zaar) languages ⓘ
nativeLanguageSubfamily Chadic languages ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Boghom people ⓘ
Jarawa people ⓘ
linked to: Jarawa

Zaar (Sayawa) people ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
praise songs ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
partOf ethnic groups of Nigeria ⓘ
populationStatus small ethnic group in Nigeria ⓘ
region Northern Nigeria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
riskStatus language under pressure from Hausa ⓘ
socialOrganization clan structures ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
state Bauchi State ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit beliefs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Guruntum → ethnicity → Guruntum people ⓘ
Guruntum language → spokenBy → Guruntum people ⓘ
subject linked to: Gurdung
Gurdung → spokenBy → Guruntum people ⓘ