Bench people

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Bench people are an indigenous ethnic group of southwestern Ethiopia known for their distinct language, cultural traditions, and agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bench people canonical 12

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
language
continent Africa
country Ethiopia
countryOfficialLanguage Amharic
crop coffee
enset
maize
root crops
sorghum
culturalRegion southwestern Ethiopian highlands
culturalTrait age-grade practices
distinct musical traditions
distinct traditional dress
ritual ceremonies
diet cereals
enset-based foods
root and tuber crops
economy smallholder farming
ethnolinguisticGroup Omotic peoples
language Bench language
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Omotic languages
locatedIn southwestern Ethiopia
neighboringGroup Dizi people
Kafa people
Mao peoples
Sheko people
oralTradition folktales
proverbs
ritual songs
practice animal husbandry
primaryLivelihood agriculture
subsistence farming
recognizedAs ethnic group in the Ethiopian census
region Bench Sheko Zone
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
religion Christianity
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
Protestantism
traditional beliefs
socialOrganization clan-based structure
traditionalAuthority local elders
traditionalHousing thatched round houses
usesScript Ethiopic script
linked to: Geʽez script

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Referenced by (12)

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

Sheka Zone hasEthnicGroup Bench people
Bench language spokenBy Bench people
Bench language ethnicGroup Bench people
North Omotic primaryEthnicGroups Bench people
Gimira spokenBy Bench people
Gimira ethnicGroupAssociated Bench people
Omotic peoples hasSubgroup Bench people
Southwestern Ethiopia ethnicGroup Bench people
Shekacho people neighboringPeoples Bench people
Me’en people neighboringGroup Bench people