Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)

E422611

Somali clan-family ethnic group

Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) is a major Somali clan-family known for its distinct Maay-speaking communities, agro-pastoral lifestyle, and cultural influence in southern Somalia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Digil-Mirifle	2
Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Somali clan-family ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Digil iyo Mirifle NERFINISHED ⓘ Digil-Mirifle NERFINISHED ⓘ Raxanweyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCity	Baidoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictExperience	affected by Somali civil war ⓘ
country	Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence	influential in southern Somali music and poetry ⓘ
culturalTrait	communal farming traditions ⓘ distinct Maay oral poetry ⓘ
customaryLaw	xeer-based clan customary law ⓘ
demography	large population in Bay and Bakool regions ⓘ
distinctFrom	Darod NERFINISHED ⓘ Dir NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawiye NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaaq NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
historicalRole	important role in southern Somali agriculture ⓘ
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Cushitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageGroup	Maay Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ
lifestyle	agro-pastoral ⓘ
livelihood	cattle and small ruminant herding ⓘ sorghum and maize cultivation ⓘ
majorSubgroup	Digil NERFINISHED ⓘ Mirifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalRepresentation	South West State of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Maay NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the major Somali clan-families ⓘ
region	Bakool region NERFINISHED ⓘ Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ Gedo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiraan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Shabelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Shabelle NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Somalia ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
settlementPattern	rural villages and small towns ⓘ
socialStructure	clan and sub-clan lineage system ⓘ
subClanOf	Somali people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	livestock herding ⓘ rain-fed farming ⓘ
usesDialect	Maay Somali ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

South West State of Somalia → hasEthnicGroup → Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) ⓘ

Maay → spokenBy → Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Digil-Mirifle

Digil → associatedEthnicGroup → Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Digil-Mirifle