Agar Dinka people

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The Agar Dinka people are a subgroup of the Dinka ethnic community of South Sudan, known for their Nilotic heritage, cattle-herding culture, and distinctive dialect within the Dinka language continuum.

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Agar Dinka people canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
subgroup of the Dinka people
continent Africa
country South Sudan
countryOfCitizenship South Sudan
culturalHeritage Nilotic cattle culture
culturalPractice age-set system
cattle-name system
initiation rites
ethnicGroupIn Lakes State
ethnicGroupOfCountry South Sudan
ethnolinguisticFamily Nilotic peoples
hasDialect Agar Dinka dialect
historicalRegion Bahr el Ghazal area
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal
languageBranch Western Nilotic languages
languageFamily Dinka language continuum
linked to: Dinka language
linguisticBranch Western Dinka dialect cluster
majorLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
neighboringGroup Atuot people
Ciec Dinka
linked to: Dinka Ciec

Jur people
partOf Dinka people
Nilotic peoples of the Nile Basin
linked to: Nilotic peoples
region Lakes State
central South Sudan
relatedEthnicGroup Abyei Dinka
Bor Dinka
Malual Dinka
linked to: Dinka Gok

Rek Dinka
Twic Dinka
religion Christianity
traditional Dinka religion
selfIdentification Agar
sharesCultureWith other Dinka sections
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalEconomy agropastoralism
cattle herding
traditionalLivelihood pastoralism
subsistence farming
usesCattleFor bridewealth
rituals
social status
usesLanguage Agar variety of Dinka

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Agar Dinka spokenBy Agar Dinka people
Padang Dinka people relatedEthnicGroup Agar Dinka people