Gumuz people

E262856
ethnic group indigenous people language

The Gumuz people are an ethnic group indigenous to the border regions of western Ethiopia and eastern Sudan, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language, agrarian lifestyle, and historically marginalized status.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gumuz people canonical 13
Gumuz 9
Gumuz ethnolinguistic group 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
language ⓘ
administrativeRegion Benishangul-Gumuz Region ⓘ
autonym Gumuz people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gumuz
borderRegionOf Sudan–Ethiopia border region ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopia–Sudan border
cashCrops sesame ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
conflictStatus involved in local land and resource conflicts ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade initiation rituals ⓘ
scarification ⓘ
economy subsistence farming ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Ethiopia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
exonym Shanqella ⓘ
foodStaple maize ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
historicalRelation subject to enslavement by neighboring groups ⓘ
subject to land dispossession ⓘ
housingType rural villages ⓘ
language Gumuz languages ⓘ
surface form: Gumuz language
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
lifestyle agrarian ⓘ
linguisticStatus Gumuz language is often considered a language isolate within Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Agew people ⓘ
Amhara people ⓘ
Berta people ⓘ
Oromo people ⓘ
populationTrend minority in their home region ⓘ
primaryLanguage Gumuz languages ⓘ
surface form: Gumuz language
recognizedAs ethnic group in the Ethiopian federal system ⓘ
region Benishangul-Gumuz Region ⓘ
eastern Sudan ⓘ
western Ethiopia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStatus historically marginalized ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sesame ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood hunting and gathering ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
usedAs pejorative term for Gumuz people and related groups ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Gumuz languages → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Humera → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Berta → neighboringLanguages → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Gumuz people → autonym → Gumuz people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Northern Gumuz → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Northern Gumuz → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Northern Gumuz → belongsTo → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz ethnolinguistic group
Dibate Gumuz → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Dibate Gumuz → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
Mandura Gumuz → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Mandura Gumuz → languageFamily → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Mandura Gumuz → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
Mandura Gumuz → hasEthnolinguisticCommunity → Gumuz people ⓘ
Sirba Gumuz → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Sirba Gumuz → languageFamily → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Sirba Gumuz → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
Southern Gumuz → spokenBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Southern Gumuz → ethnicGroup → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Southern Gumuz → relatedTo → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz
Southern Gumuz → belongsTo → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz ethnolinguistic group
Benishangul-Gumuz Region → inhabitedBy → Gumuz people ⓘ
Benishangul-Gumuz Region → namedAfter → Gumuz people ⓘ
Benishangul-Gumuz Region → hasEthnicGroupAsMajorConstituent → Gumuz people ⓘ
Ethiopic Extended → usedFor → Gumuz people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gumuz