Sinyar people

E915845

The Sinyar people are an ethnic group of the Sahel region in central Africa, primarily living along the Chad–Sudan border and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sinyar people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
affectedBy Darfur conflict ⓘ
associatedLanguageCode sys ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalArea Sahelian cultures ⓘ
culturalPractice folk music ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
demographicType small ethnic minority ⓘ
environment savanna ⓘ
semi-arid zone ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
ethnolect Sinyar language ⓘ
hasEndonym Sinyar ⓘ
hasExonym Seniar ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusIn Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Sudanic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

central Africa ⓘ
nativeLanguage Sinyar language ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Fur people ⓘ
Masalit people ⓘ
Zaghawa people ⓘ
partOf ethnic groups in Chad ⓘ
ethnic groups in Sudan ⓘ
ethnic groups in the Sahel ⓘ
primaryRegion Chad–Sudan border ⓘ
region Darfur ⓘ
linked to: Darfur region

West Darfur ⓘ
eastern Chad ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalAnimalHusbandry cattle herding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
traditionalCrop millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sinyar language → ethnicGroup → Sinyar people ⓘ
Sinyar language → ethnicGroup → Sinyar people ⓘ
subject linked to: Shenir
Shenir → spokenBy → Sinyar people ⓘ
Sinyar of Sudan → spokenBy → Sinyar people ⓘ
Sinyar of Sudan → ethnicAssociation → Sinyar people ⓘ
Sinyar ethnic group → hasEthnonym → Sinyar people ⓘ