Yedina

E905189

Yedina is an ethnic group living around Lake Chad, particularly on its islands and shores, known for their fishing and pastoralist lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yedina canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
associatedBodyOfWater Chari River–Lake Chad basin ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
country Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
culturalArea Central Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

Lake Chad Basin ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
domesticatedAnimal cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
environment Sahel ⓘ
semi-arid islands ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Yedina language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Boudouma ⓘ
Buduma ⓘ
Buduma people ⓘ
inhabitsRegion Lake Chad ⓘ
Lake Chad islands ⓘ
Lake Chad shores ⓘ
linked to: Lake Chad basin
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Yedina language ⓘ
languageSubfamily Chadic languages ⓘ
livelihoodAdaptation adaptation to fluctuating lake levels ⓘ
mobilityPattern semi-nomadic ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
linked to: Kanuri people

Kotoko ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
recognizedAsMinority Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
regionType island-dwelling community ⓘ
lake-shore community ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
subsistenceType fishing-based subsistence ⓘ
pastoralist subsistence ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource fish from Lake Chad ⓘ
traditionalHousing island settlements ⓘ
reed huts ⓘ
usesWatercraftType papyrus canoe ⓘ
reed boat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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