Kanuri people

E215476
Muslim ethnic group ethnic group

The Kanuri people are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group of the central Sahara and Lake Chad region, historically associated with the powerful Kanem-Bornu Empire and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kanuri people canonical 23
Kanuri 17

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
concentratedIn Borno State ⓘ
Diffa Region ⓘ
Far North Region ⓘ
Lac Region ⓘ
Yobe State ⓘ
cuisineStaple maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
culturalPractice Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Quranic education ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
traditional music and drumming ⓘ
ethnonym Kanuri ⓘ
historicalCapital Ngazargamu ⓘ
Njimi ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Bornu Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire
historicalRegion Bornu ⓘ
Kanem Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem
historicalState Bornu Empire ⓘ
Kanem Empire ⓘ
Kanem Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem-Bornu Empire
language Kanuri ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri language
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Saharan languages ⓘ
majorCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
majorFestivals Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kanembu people ⓘ
Shuwa Arabs ⓘ
Toubou people ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalCapital Kukawa ⓘ
traditionalDress flowing robes ⓘ
headscarves ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud-brick compounds ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
traditionalRegion Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad region

central Sahara ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam African traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystem Ajami script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (40)

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

Kanuri → ethnonym → Kanuri people ⓘ
Lake Chad basin → ethnicGroups → Kanuri people ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Bornu Empire → ethnicBase → Kanuri people ⓘ
Maiduguri → majorEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
North East Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
North East Nigeria → hasEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Borno State → hasMajorLanguage → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Borno State → hasEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Far North Region → hasEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Nigerian → ethnicGroupCanBe → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Islam in Lake Chad region → presentInEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Diffa → inhabitedBy → Kanuri people ⓘ
Diffa → languageSpoken → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Kukawa → ethnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Kukawa → language → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Bura-Pabir → hasNeighboringLanguage → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Toubou people → relatedGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Bornu → ethnicMajority → Kanuri people ⓘ
Mai → culturalContext → Kanuri people ⓘ
Shehu of Borno → ethnicGroupRepresented → Kanuri people ⓘ
Kotoko → neighboringEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Sayfawa dynasty → ethnicAssociation → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Mai Ali Gaji → ethnicContext → Kanuri people ⓘ
Mai Idris Alooma → ethnicContext → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Damaturu → languageSpoken → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Monguno → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Monguno → hasLanguage → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Borno Emirate → ethnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Borno Emirate → dominantEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Margi → neighboringEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Babur/Bura people → neighboringGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Geidam → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Gujba → languageUsed → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Yunusari → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Kanuri people ⓘ
Marghi people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Kanuri people ⓘ
Margi people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Kanuri people ⓘ
Bura people → neighboringGroups → Kanuri people ⓘ
Bura → hasNeighborLanguage → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri
Bura → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Kanuri people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanuri