Fantswam

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Fantswam are a subgroup of the Atyap people, an ethnic community indigenous to southern Kaduna State in Nigeria with their own distinct cultural and linguistic identity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fantswam canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic subgroup
people
associatedWithLanguage Fantswam language
belongsToLargerEthnicCluster Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria
surface form: Southern Kaduna peoples
continent Africa
country Nigeria
currentMajorReligions Christianity
Islam
ethnicGroupOf Nigeria
hasAlternativeName Kafanchan people NERFINISHED
hasCulturalIdentity distinct
hasEthnonym Fantswam self-link
hasLinguisticIdentity distinct
indigenousTo Kaduna State
Nigeria
southern Kaduna State
linguisticFamily Plateau languages
locatedIn North Central Nigeria
surface form: southern Kaduna State, Nigeria
partOf Atyap people
surface form: Atyap ethnic community
region Middle Belt Nigeria NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Atyap people NERFINISHED
sharesCulturalAffinitiesWith other Atyap subgroups
subgroupOf Atyap people NERFINISHED
traditionalOccupation farming
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Kafanchan area

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Atyap people haveSubgroups Fantswam
Fantswam hasEthnonym Fantswam self-link