Ijesha

E62488

Yoruba subgroup ethnic group

Ijesha are a subgroup of the Yoruba people known for their distinct dialect, cultural traditions, and historical presence in southwestern Nigeria.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ijesa	2
Ijesha Yoruba	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yoruba subgroup ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Nigeria ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	Yoruba festivals ⓘ age-grade associations ⓘ chieftaincy institutions ⓘ oriki praise poetry ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion	Ijeshaland ⓘ
hasDialect	Ijesha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ijesha Yoruba
hasEthnonym	Ijesha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ijesa Ijesa people ⓘ surface form: Ijesha people
hasMajorTown	Erin Ijesa ⓘ Ifewara ⓘ Ijebu Ijesa ⓘ Ikeji Arakeji ⓘ Ikeji Ile ⓘ Ikeji Ile ⓘ surface form: Ikeji Ilesa Ikeji Ipetu ⓘ Ilesa ⓘ Ilesa ⓘ surface form: Imesi Ilesa Iperindo ⓘ Ipetu Ijesa ⓘ Iragbiji ⓘ Iwara ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy	craft production ⓘ farming ⓘ trading ⓘ
hasTraditionalRulerTitle	Owa Obokun of Ijesaland ⓘ
historicalRegion	forest-savanna transition zone of Yorubaland ⓘ
isKnownFor	distinct Yoruba dialect ⓘ historical role in regional trade ⓘ rich cultural traditions ⓘ
isPartOf	Southwestern Nigeria ethnic mosaic ⓘ
locatedIn	Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Nigeria
partOf	Western Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Yorubaland
practicesReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
relatedGroup	Ekiti ⓘ Ile-Ife ⓘ surface form: Ife Ijebu-Ode ⓘ surface form: Ijebu Yoruba ⓘ surface form: Oyo Yoruba
sharesLanguageFamilyWith	other Yoruba dialects ⓘ
subgroupOf	Yoruba people ⓘ
traditionalCapital	Ilesa ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Yoruba traditional religion ⓘ
usesLanguage	Ijesha dialect of Yoruba ⓘ

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

Osun State → ethnicGroup → Ijesha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ijesa

Ijesha → hasDialect → Ijesha self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ijesha Yoruba

Ijesha → hasEthnonym → Ijesha self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ijesa

Yoruba → hasSubgroup → Ijesha ⓘ