Tebu people

E813627

The Tebu people are a traditionally nomadic Saharan ethnic group of the central Sahara, primarily inhabiting northern Chad, southern Libya, and eastern Niger.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tebu people canonical 2
Tubu people 2
Northern Tebu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Toubou ⓘ
Tubu ⓘ
associatedWith Kawar oases of Niger ⓘ
linked to: Kawar oases

Tibesti region of Chad ⓘ
linked to: Tibesti Region
climateZone hyper-arid Sahara ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
environment Sahara Desert ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Sahara Desert

Sahel ⓘ
historicalRole caravan guides ⓘ
trans-Saharan traders ⓘ
language Dazaga language ⓘ
Tebu language ⓘ
linked to: Tebu languages

Tedaga language ⓘ
languageBranch Saharan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
lifestyle traditionally nomadic ⓘ
majorReligionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
mobilityPattern transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
primaryAreaInChad northern Chad ⓘ
primaryAreaInLibya southern Libya ⓘ
primaryAreaInNiger eastern Niger ⓘ
primaryRegion central Sahara ⓘ
recognizedEthnicGroupIn Chad ⓘ
recognizedMinorityIn Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
region Borkou region ⓘ
linked to: Borkou Region

Ennedi region ⓘ
linked to: Ennedi

Fezzan ⓘ
Kufra area ⓘ
linked to: Kufra region

Tibesti Mountains ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based ⓘ
subgroup Daza people ⓘ
Teda people ⓘ
traditionalCrop dates ⓘ
traditionalEconomy oasis agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing tents ⓘ
traditionalLivestock camels ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalOccupation caravan trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tebu languages → spokenBy → Tebu people ⓘ
Tubu → alternateName → Tubu people ⓘ
linked to: Tebu people
Tedaga language → spokenBy → Tubu people ⓘ
linked to: Tebu people
Dazaga language → spokenBy → Tebu people ⓘ
Dazaga language → hasAlternativeName → Northern Tebu ⓘ
linked to: Tebu people