Maba people

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The Maba people are a major ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and predominantly Muslim cultural traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Maba people canonical 13

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population group
associatedKingdom Wadai Sultanate
climateZone semi-arid
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
culturalArea Sudanic belt
economicActivity livestock herding
millet cultivation
sorghum cultivation
ethnicity Maba
ethnographicRegion Central Sahara–Sahel
linked to: Central Sahara
ethnolinguisticGroup Maban peoples
historicalRole ruling group of Wadai Sultanate
inheritancePattern patrilineal
language Maba language
languageBranch Maban languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
locatedIn Darfur region
Ouaddaï region
linked to: Ouaddaï Region

Sahel
majorityReligion Islam
majorityStatus major ethnic group in eastern Chad
marriagePattern patrilineal
migrationPattern rural to urban migration in Chad
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Sudan
neighboringEthnicGroup Arab tribes of Chad and Sudan
Fur people
Masalit people
Zaghawa people
partOf Maban peoples
region eastern Chad
western Sudan
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
religiousLawInfluence Islamic law
religiousPractice Islamic festivals observance
mosque-centered community life
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalHousing earthen houses
thatched huts
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
pastoralism
trade
traditionalPoliticalSystem sultanate
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam African traditional religion
writingSystemUsed Arabic script

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Referenced by (13)

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Chadians ethnicGroup Maba people
Maba language spokenBy Maba people
Maba language ethnicGroup Maba people
Maba language isVernacularOf Maba people
Masalit people relatedEthnicGroup Maba people
Ouaddaï Region ethnicGroup Maba people
Maba (Chad) ethnicGroup Maba people
Maba (Chad) languageOf Maba people
Maba (Chad) isMajorLanguageOf Maba people
Mabang ethnicGroup Maba people
Wadai Region ethnicGroup Maba people