Nilotic peoples

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Nilotic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistically related communities primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley and surrounding regions of East Africa, known for their pastoralist traditions and distinct cultural practices.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
linguistic group
pastoralist people
hasAnthropologicalSignificance study of age-set organization
study of pastoralism
study of segmentary lineage systems
hasCulturalTrait age-set systems
body scarification
cattle-centered culture
cattle-related bridewealth
initiation rites
segmentary lineage systems
hasEthnogenesisRegion Greater Upper Nile
surface form: Upper Nile region
hasLanguageBranch Eastern Nilotic languages
Southern Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages
hasLinguisticFamily Nilotic languages
hasPrimaryRegion Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
East Africa
Ethiopia
Kenya
Nile Valley
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
hasReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
hasTraditionalEconomy agropastoralism
cattle herding
pastoralism
includesEthnicGroup Acholi people
Alur people
Anuak people
Bari people
Dinka people
Kalenjin people
Lango people
Luo people
surface form: Luo peoples

Maasai
surface form: Maasai people

Nuer
surface form: Nuer people

Shilluk
surface form: Shilluk people

Iteso people
surface form: Teso people
speaks Acholi language
Alur language
Dinka language
Kalenjin languages
Luo language
surface form: Luo languages

Maasai language
Nuer language
Shilluk language
subclassOf African peoples
Nilotic peoples self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nilo-Saharan peoples

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

Nilo-Saharian phylum usedBy Nilotic peoples
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilotic languages associatedWith Nilotic peoples
Luo people of Tanzania macroEthnicCategory Nilotic peoples
this entity surface form: Nilotes
Luo people of Tanzania partOf Nilotic peoples
this entity surface form: Luo peoples of the Nile basin
Nilotic peoples subclassOf Nilotic peoples self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nilo-Saharan peoples
Western Nilotic languages areSpokenBy Nilotic peoples
this entity surface form: Western Nilotic peoples
Omotik people ethnolinguisticGroup Nilotic peoples
Karamojong ethnolinguisticGroup Nilotic peoples
Karamojong subgroupOf Nilotic peoples
this entity surface form: Eastern Nilotes