Daza people

E832397

The Daza people are a traditionally nomadic Saharan ethnic group of the central Sahara, primarily in Chad and Niger, known for their pastoral lifestyle and close cultural and linguistic ties to the Toubou.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Daza people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
pastoral nomadic people ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
culturalTie Toubou culture ⓘ
dressStyle Saharan nomadic clothing ⓘ
economicActivity livestock trade ⓘ
environment desert ⓘ
oases ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
ethnonym Daza ⓘ
Gorane ⓘ
historicalRole Saharan caravan guides ⓘ
housingType tents ⓘ
languageBranch Saharan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
livelihood animal husbandry ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade (historical) ⓘ
majorReligionBranch Islam ⓘ
mobilityPattern seasonal migration ⓘ
notableAreaOfSettlement eastern Niger ⓘ
northern Chad ⓘ
partOf Toubou ethnic complex ⓘ
linked to: Toubou people
region Borkou region ⓘ
linked to: Borkou Region

Ennedi region ⓘ
linked to: Ennedi

Tibesti region ⓘ
linked to: Tibesti Region

central Sahara ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Toubou people ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
sharesCultureWith Teda people ⓘ
sharesLanguageContinuumWith Teda people ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
speaks Daza language ⓘ
linked to: Dazaga language

Dazaga language ⓘ
subgroupOf Toubou people ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation camel herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
usesScript Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Toubou people → subgroup → Daza people ⓘ
Teda people → relatedEthnicGroup → Daza people ⓘ
Teda–Daza languages → spokenBy → Daza people ⓘ
Dazaga language → spokenBy → Daza people ⓘ
Dazaga → spokenBy → Daza people ⓘ
Tebu people → subgroup → Daza people ⓘ