Sudanic belt

E905400
cultural region historical region linguistic area

The Sudanic belt is a broad linguistic and cultural zone across central Africa characterized by a continuum of languages and shared historical interactions between diverse ethnic groups.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sudanic belt canonical 3
Sudan belt 1
Sudanic cultural zone 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
associatedWith Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy historical interactions between diverse ethnic groups ⓘ
linguistic continuum ⓘ
shared cultural traits ⓘ
extendsAcross Sahel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPattern age-grade institutions ⓘ
agro-pastoral economies ⓘ
regional ritual systems ⓘ
hasEthnicDiversity multiple cultural traditions ⓘ
numerous Sudanic-speaking peoples ⓘ
hasFeature long-distance trade networks ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
overlapping ethnic territories ⓘ
trans-Saharan connections ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Islamic expansion in Africa ⓘ
precolonial African states ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
knownFor cultural diffusion across ethnic boundaries ⓘ
linguistic borrowing ⓘ
shared oral traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
central Africa ⓘ
overlapsWith Sahelian zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
savanna belt of Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Bongo–Bagirmi languages → arealGrouping → Sudanic belt ⓘ
Sudanic Arabic belt → overlapsWith → Sudanic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudanic cultural zone
Hausa city-states → locatedIn → Sudanic belt ⓘ
Borno Emirate → historicalRegion → Sudanic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudan belt
Gao Kingdom → partOfHistoricalRegion → Sudanic belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sudan
Zaghawa people → culturalArea → Sudanic belt ⓘ