Bini

E345730

ethnic group language

Bini refers to the people and language historically associated with the Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bini canonical	3
Fanti	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Benin people ⓘ
associatedWith	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
colonialPower	British Empire ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
cultureArea	Niger Delta ⓘ surface form: Niger Delta region West Africa ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Nigeria ⓘ
ethnonym	Edo ⓘ
historicalCapital	Benin City ⓘ
historicalEvent	Benin Expedition of 1897 ⓘ
historicalState	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ surface form: Benin Empire
indigenousTo	Delta State ⓘ Edo State NERFINISHED ⓘ Ondo State NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Bini language ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
notableFor	Benin Bronzes ⓘ surface form: Benin art bronze casting ⓘ ivory carving ⓘ
politicalOrganization	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
preColonialState	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
primaryLocation	southern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryState	Edo State NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUsers	Bini people NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	southern Nigeria ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Esan people ⓘ Itsekiri people ⓘ Urhobo people ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional Benin religion ⓘ
rulingTitle	Oba of Benin ⓘ
status	living language ⓘ
subFamily	Edoid languages ⓘ
traditionalCraft	court art ⓘ lost-wax casting ⓘ
traditionalDeity	Ogun ⓘ Olokun ⓘ Osanobua ⓘ
traditionalMonarchy	Oba of Benin ⓘ surface form: Benin monarchy
traditionalReligion	Edo traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Kingdom of Benin → demonym → Bini ⓘ

Fante people → ethnonym → Bini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fanti

Edo (Bini) → alternativeName → Bini ⓘ

Esan → neighboringGroup → Bini ⓘ