Kwere people

E869203

The Kwere people are a Bantu ethnic group of coastal Tanzania, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions closely linked to other coastal communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kwere people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops cassava ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
maize ⓘ
various coastal food crops ⓘ
associatedWithBodyOfWater Indian Ocean ⓘ
colonialHistoryContext British Tanganyika ⓘ
German East Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Tanzania ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageEnvironment English language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
culturalSphere Swahili coast ⓘ
linked to: Swahili Coast
ethnicity Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
ethnolinguisticGroup Kwere ⓘ
hasWritingSystemUsage Latin script (via Swahili and other languages) ⓘ
language Kwere language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeArea Morogoro Region ⓘ
Pwani Region ⓘ
modernStateContext United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Tanzania
nativeTo Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania ⓘ
partOf coastal Tanzanian communities ⓘ
primaryLocation coastal Tanzania ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraitsWith Doe people ⓘ
Zaramo people ⓘ
other Swahili coast communities ⓘ
traditionalBeliefElements ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit beliefs ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterials mud ⓘ
poles and timber ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
traditionalMusicInstruments drums ⓘ
local rattles and percussion ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization clan-based structures ⓘ
usesLinguaFranca Swahili language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Pwani Region → hasEthnicGroup → Kwere people ⓘ
Zigua people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kwere people ⓘ