Kotoko

E262863
ethnic group human population group

The Kotoko are an ethnic group of fishing and farming communities living around the Lake Chad region in Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria, known historically for their riverine kingdoms and distinctive Chadic language.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kotoko canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
agriculturalCrops maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
boatType dugout canoes ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
culturalArea Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding (limited) ⓘ
floodplain agriculture ⓘ
environment Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahelian zone

wetlands of Lake Chad ⓘ
ethnonym Kotoko people ⓘ
fishingMethod net fishing ⓘ
trap fishing ⓘ
historicalInfluence Kanem Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kanem–Bornu Empire
historicalPoliticalOrganization riverine kingdoms ⓘ
historicalRegion Chari River ⓘ
surface form: Chari River basin

Logone floodplain ⓘ
surface form: Logone River valley
housingType mud-brick houses ⓘ
languageBranch Biu–Mandara branch ⓘ
languageFamily Chadic languages ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Kanuri people ⓘ
surface form: Kanuri

Mafa ⓘ
Masa ⓘ
Shuwa Arabs ⓘ
partOf Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad cultural area
region Lake Chad basin ⓘ
surface form: Lake Chad region
religiousInfluence Islamization from Kanem–Bornu ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Afade language ⓘ
Buduma language ⓘ
Lagwan language ⓘ
Malgbe language ⓘ
Maslam language ⓘ
Mpade language ⓘ
Mser language ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
traditionalSettlementType riverine communities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Lake Chad basin → ethnicGroups → Kotoko ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Far North Region → hasEthnicGroup → Kotoko ⓘ
Buduma → neighboringGroups → Kotoko ⓘ