Warji people

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The Warji people are an ethnic group primarily found in northern Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions within the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Warji people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Nigeria
culturalRegion West Africa NERFINISHED
economicActivity animal husbandry
local trade
ethnolinguisticGroup Warji NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice traditional dance
traditional farming
traditional music
weaving
hasCulturalTrait age-grade social organization
distinct traditional dress
extended family compounds
hasOralTradition folktales
praise songs
proverbs
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Chadic languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Warji language NERFINISHED
linguisticStatus minority language community in Nigeria
locatedInState Bauchi State NERFINISHED
Jigawa State NERFINISHED
Kano State NERFINISHED
Yobe State NERFINISHED
marriageSystem bridewealth payments
neighboringEthnicGroup Bade people NERFINISHED
Fulani people NERFINISHED
Hausa people NERFINISHED
Ngizim people NERFINISHED
partOf ethnic groups in Nigeria
primaryCrop groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
primaryOccupation subsistence agriculture
region Northern Nigeria NERFINISHED
religion Islam
traditional African religions
religiousChange increasing Islamic influence
socialStructure patrilineal descent
traditionalHousing mud-walled compounds with thatched roofs
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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

Warji spokenBy Warji people
Warji ethnicGroup Warji people