Tarok people

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The Tarok people are an ethnic group in central Nigeria known for their distinct cultural traditions and use of a Plateau language within the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tarok people canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Plateau language
ethnic group
artForm body decoration
wood carving
continent Africa
country Nigeria
cropGrown cassava
maize
millet
sorghum
yam
culturalPractice age-grade system
initiation rites
traditional music and dance
economicActivity blacksmithing
hunting
local trade
ethnicGroupIn Nasarawa State
Plateau State
Taraba State
ethnolinguisticGroup Tarok language
linked to: Tarokoid languages
festival agricultural festivals
geographicRegion Jos Plateau region
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
languageSpoken Tarok language
linked to: Tarokoid languages
locatedIn central Nigeria
majorSettlement Langtang
Shendam
Wase
marriagePractice bridewealth
musicInstrument drums
flutes
xylophone
neighboringEthnicGroup Goemai people
Jukun people
Mupun people
Ngas people
primaryOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
region Middle Belt (Nigeria)
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religion
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme deity
usesWritingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Plateau languages areSpokenBy Tarok people
Tarok ethnolinguisticGroup Tarok people
Langtang homelandOf Tarok people
Langtang ethnicGroup Tarok people
Langtang hasEthnicGroup Tarok people
Langtang populationGroup Tarok people
Ngas people neighboringEthnicGroup Tarok people
Pankshin area hasEthnicGroup Tarok people