Kipsigis people

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The Kipsigis people are a Kalenjin-speaking Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting Kenya’s Rift Valley, known for their agro-pastoral lifestyle and rich oral traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kipsigis people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalenjin subgroup ⓘ
Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
broaderGroup Eastern Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples

Nilotic peoples ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into British East Africa ⓘ
subject to British colonial rule ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalTrait age-set system ⓘ
folksongs ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kalenjin ⓘ
geographicFeature Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Kenyan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
historicalRegion Kenya Colony ⓘ
linked to: British East Africa
language Kipsigis language ⓘ
languageFamily Kalenjin languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticGroup Kalenjin ⓘ
notableEconomicActivity tea farming ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin people ⓘ
populationCountry Kenya ⓘ
primaryRegion Bomet County ⓘ
Kericho County ⓘ
linked to: Kericho District

Rift Valley Province ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Keiyo people ⓘ
Marakwet people ⓘ
Nandi people ⓘ
Pokot people ⓘ
Sabaot people ⓘ
Terik people ⓘ
Tugen people ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignationLanguage Kipsigis ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in a supreme deity ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agro-pastoralism ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
goat keeping ⓘ
maize farming ⓘ
sheep keeping ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ
usesScript Latin script (for written Kipsigis) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Kipsigis → ethnicGroupOfSpeakers → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Kalenjin people → subgroup → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Kericho District → ethnicGroup → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Tugen people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Kipsigis language → spokenBy → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Kipsigis language → ethnicGroup → Kipsigis people ⓘ
Sabaot people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kipsigis people ⓘ