Mano (Mah)

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The Mano (Mah) are an indigenous ethnic group of West Africa, primarily inhabiting parts of Liberia and Guinea, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Mano (Mah) canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
language
continent Africa
country Guinea
Liberia
countryMajority Liberia
countryMinority Guinea
ethnolinguisticGroup Mande peoples
ethnonymVariant Mah
geographicHabitat forest regions
hilly terrain
indigenousTo Guinea
Liberia
languageFamily Mande languages
Niger–Congo languages
languageSpoken Mano language
locatedIn northern Liberia
southeastern Guinea
neighboringEthnicGroup Gio people
Kpelle people
Loma people
primaryReligionToday Christianity
Islam
region West Africa
riteOfPassage initiation ceremonies
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
spirit world
traditionalCraft blacksmithing
weaving
woodcarving
traditionalCrop cassava
maize
plantains
rice
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
hunting
small-scale trade
subsistence farming
traditionalHousing mud houses with thatched roofs
traditionalInstrument drums
harp-lute
xylophone
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing
drumming
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
useScript Latin script

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

Nimba County ethnicGroup Mano (Mah)