Amdang people

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The Amdang people are an ethnic group primarily living in eastern Chad and western Sudan, known for their distinct Afro-Asiatic language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amdang people canonical 5
Amdang ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population
alsoKnownAs Biltine Arabs
linked to: Shuwa Arabs

Biltine people
Mimi of Biltine
associatedHistoricalRegion Darfur region
associatedProvince Wadi Fira Region
autonym Amdang
climateZone semi-arid Sahel
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
culturalArea Sahel
Sudanic belt
economicActivity livestock herding
millet cultivation
small-scale trade
sorghum cultivation
ethnicGroupOf Chad
Sudan
ethnolinguisticGroup Amdang language speakers
historicalAssociation Biltine region of Chad
linked to: eastern Chad
language Amdang language
languageEndangermentStatus vulnerable
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages
languageSubfamily Cushitic languages
linked to: Cushitic
linguisticStatus minority language speakers in Chad
minority language speakers in Sudan
majorReligionIntroducedBy Arab traders
marriagePattern endogamy within the group
musicTradition drum-based music
vocal chant
neighboringGroup Arab tribes of eastern Chad
Fur people
Zaghawa people
oralTradition folktales
praise poetry
primaryResidenceType rural settlements
region eastern Chad
western Sudan
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalHousing mud-brick houses
thatched huts
traditionalLivelihood agropastoralism
pastoralism
rain-fed agriculture
usesScript Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Amdang language hasSpeakerCommunity Amdang ethnic group
linked to: Amdang people
Mimi of Darfur ethnicGroup Amdang people
Mima ethnicGroup Amdang people
Amdang language ethnicGroup Amdang people
subject linked to: Mima
Amdang ethnolinguisticGroup Amdang people