Tama people

E254193
ethnic group

The Tama people are an ethnic group of Central Africa, primarily living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, known for speaking a Nilo-Saharan language and practicing agro-pastoralism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tama people canonical 4
Tama-speaking peoples 2

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops groundnuts ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Darfur region ⓘ
surface form: Darfur

Wadai ⓘ
climateZone Sahel ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Chad ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tama people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tama-speaking peoples
inheritancePattern patrilineal ⓘ
language Taman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tama language
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageStatus local language ⓘ
livelihoodType semi-sedentary ⓘ
livestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
marriagePattern patrilineal ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Chad ⓘ
ethnic minority in Sudan ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Fur people ⓘ
Masalit people ⓘ
Zaghawa people ⓘ
politicalInvolvement Chadian civil conflicts ⓘ
Darfur conflict ⓘ
primaryLocationInChad eastern Chad ⓘ
primaryLocationInSudan western Sudan ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud-brick houses ⓘ
thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agro-pastoralism ⓘ
useOfLanguage oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Taman languages → hasEthnicity → Tama people ⓘ
western Sudan → hasEthnicGroup → Tama people ⓘ
Tama people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tama people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tama-speaking peoples
Mararit people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tama people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tama-speaking peoples
Mararit people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Tama people ⓘ
Sungor people → relatedGroup → Tama people ⓘ