Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)

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Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) is a major Somali clan-family known for its distinct Maay-speaking communities, agro-pastoral lifestyle, and cultural influence in southern Somalia.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali clan-family
ethnic group
alternativeName Digil iyo Mirifle
linked to: Digil and Mirifle

Digil-Mirifle
Raxanweyn
associatedCity Baidoa
conflictExperience affected by Somali civil war
country Somalia
culturalInfluence influential in southern Somali music and poetry
culturalTrait communal farming traditions
distinct Maay oral poetry
customaryLaw xeer-based clan customary law
demography large population in Bay and Bakool regions
distinctFrom Darod
Dir
Hawiye
Isaaq
economicActivity agriculture
pastoralism
historicalRole important role in southern Somali agriculture
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
languageGroup Maay Maay
lifestyle agro-pastoral
livelihood cattle and small ruminant herding
sorghum and maize cultivation
majorSubgroup Digil
Mirifle
politicalRepresentation South West State of Somalia
primaryLanguage Maay
recognizedAs one of the major Somali clan-families
region Bakool region
Bay region
Gedo
Hiraan
Lower Shabelle
Middle Shabelle
southern Somalia
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
settlementPattern rural villages and small towns
socialStructure clan and sub-clan lineage system
subClanOf Somali people
traditionalEconomy livestock herding
rain-fed farming
usesDialect Maay Somali

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

South West State of Somalia hasEthnicGroup Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Maay spokenBy Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Digil associatedEthnicGroup Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) alternativeName Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Mirifle clanFamilyType Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Maay Maay spokenBy Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle) Somalis
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Af-Maay spokenBy Digil-Mirifle Somalis
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn communities alsoKnownAs Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Digil and Mirifle clans alsoKnownAs Raxanweyn Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)
Rahanweyn people alternativeName Digil-Mirifle
linked to: Rahanweyn (Digil-Mirifle)