Central Chadic peoples

E905188
ethnolinguistic group human population group

The Central Chadic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistic communities in the Lake Chad region who speak Central Chadic (Biu–Mandara) languages and share related cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Chadic peoples 5
Central Chadic 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
associatedWith Lake Chad Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupingOf speakers of Biu–Mandara languages ⓘ
speakers of Central Chadic languages ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait age-grade and lineage systems ⓘ
agro-pastoral livelihoods ⓘ
regional trade and market networks ⓘ
village-based social organization ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguagePhylum Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Biu–Mandara languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegionOfConcentration Borno State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Extreme-North Cameroon–Nigeria borderlands ⓘ
Far North Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandara Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyEngagedIn rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
regional caravan and local trade ⓘ
small-scale animal husbandry ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Giziga people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Higi (Kamwe) people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mafa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandara peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matakam people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mofu peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Podoko people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wandala (Mandara) people NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
Lake Chad region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northeastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Central African Republic ⓘ
Western Chad ⓘ
neighboringTo East Chadic peoples ⓘ
Fulani (Fulbe) people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kanuri people NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Chadic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic-speaking peoples ⓘ
Chadic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedIn African ethnolinguistic classifications ⓘ
religionIncludes Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenous African religions ⓘ
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith other Lake Chad region communities ⓘ
sharesFeature lexical and grammatical similarities within Biu–Mandara branch ⓘ
use of tonal Central Chadic languages ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Kotoko → culturalArea → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
Bura people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic peoples
Gwandara → ethnolinguisticGroup → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic peoples
Jarawa → ethnolinguisticGroup → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Jarawa (Nigerian ethnic group)
this entity surface form: Chadic peoples
Kilba → ethnolinguisticGroup → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic peoples
Marghi people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic peoples
Masa → languageBranch → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Chadic
Mofu-Gudur → languageSubbranch → Central Chadic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Chadic