Orma people

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The Orma people are a Cushitic-speaking pastoralist ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Kenya, known for their cattle herding traditions and close cultural ties to other Oromo-related communities.

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Label Occurrences
Orma people canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
pastoralist community
alternativeName Galla Orma
Warra Orma
citizenship Kenyan
climateZone semi-arid
conflictIssue resource-based conflicts over pasture and water
continent Africa
country Kenya
culturalPractice age-set system
bridewealth in cattle
nomadic transhumance
dressStyle Oromo-influenced attire
ethnicGroupOf Kenya
ethnolinguisticGroup Oromo
historicalRelation Oromo expansion in East Africa
languageBranch Lowland East Cushitic
languageFamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
linguisticRelation Borana language
linked to: Borana dialect

Oromo language
linked to: Oromo
livelihoodChallenge drought vulnerability
land pressure
mainLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
neighboringGroup Pokomo people
Somali clans in Kenya
primaryLocation eastern Kenya
region Garissa County
Kenyan Coast region
North Eastern Kenya
Tana River County
relatedTo Borana people
Oromo people
Somali people
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
selfDesignation Orma
socialStructure clan-based organization
patrilineal descent
speaks Afaan Orma
Orma language
subsistenceActivity small-scale farming
traditionalEconomy livestock trade
traditionalLivelihood agro-pastoralism
cattle herding
pastoralism
usesRiverineAreasOf Tana River

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Referenced by (6)

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

Orma spokenBy Orma people
Tana River associatedEthnicGroup Orma people
Tana River County hasEthnicGroup Orma people
Pokomo people neighboringGroup Orma people
Lamu County hasEthnicGroup Orma people
Afaan Orma nativeLanguageOf Orma people