Saho people

E99905
Cushitic peoples ethnic group

The Saho people are a Cushitic-speaking ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, traditionally pastoralist and predominantly Muslim, living mainly in Eritrea and adjacent parts of Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saho people canonical 7
Sidama people 2
Saho people in Eritrea 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cushitic peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedCountryLanguagePolicy Eritrea ⓘ
autonymLanguage Saho ⓘ
climateZone semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Horn of Africa ⓘ
ethnonym Saho ⓘ
historicalRegion Medri Bahri area ⓘ
languageBranch Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Lowland East Cushitic languages
languageFamily Cushitic ⓘ
surface form: Cushitic languages
languageSpoken Saho language ⓘ
livelihood herding livestock ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
majorityReligionInEritrea Islam ⓘ
marriagePattern endogamy and exogamy depending on clan ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Ethiopia ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Afar people ⓘ
Beja people ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
surface form: Tigrinya people
oralTradition strong ⓘ
partOf Cushitic-speaking populations ⓘ
pastoralAnimalsHerded camels ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
primaryLocation Eritrea ⓘ
region Northern Red Sea Region ⓘ
Debub Region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Region (Debub)

Tigray region ⓘ
surface form: Tigray Region
religion Islam ⓘ
religionBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousFestivalsObserved Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
religiousInstitution mosque ⓘ
ritualSpecialists Islamic scholars (ulama) ⓘ
secondaryLocation Ethiopia ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based ⓘ
subgroupOf Afroasiatic peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agro-pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam indigenous African beliefs ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Geʽez script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Eritrea → majorEthnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ
Sidamo → spokenBy → Saho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sidama people
Sidamo → ethnicGroupAssociated → Saho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sidama people
Saho → spokenBy → Saho people ⓘ
Saho → usedByEthnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ
Southern Red Sea Region → ethnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ
Tigre people → relatedEthnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ
Kunama people → neighboringGroups → Saho people ⓘ
Eritrean nationalism → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saho people in Eritrea
Qafar → relatedEthnicGroup → Saho people ⓘ