Warji people

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The Warji people are an ethnic group primarily found in northern Nigeria, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions within the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Warji people canonical 7

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Nigeria
culturalRegion West Africa
economicActivity animal husbandry
local trade
ethnolinguisticGroup Warji
hasCulturalPractice traditional dance
traditional farming
traditional music
weaving
hasCulturalTrait age-grade social organization
distinct traditional dress
extended family compounds
hasOralTradition folktales
praise songs
proverbs
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Chadic languages
languageSpoken Warji language
linguisticStatus minority language community in Nigeria
locatedInState Bauchi State
Jigawa State
Kano State
Yobe State
marriageSystem bridewealth payments
neighboringEthnicGroup Bade people
linked to: Bade

Fulani people
linked to: Fulani

Hausa people
Ngizim people
partOf ethnic groups in Nigeria
primaryCrop groundnuts
maize
millet
sorghum
primaryOccupation subsistence agriculture
region Northern Nigeria
religion Islam
traditional African religions
religiousChange increasing Islamic influence
socialStructure patrilineal descent
traditionalHousing mud-walled compounds with thatched roofs
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (7)

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

Warji spokenBy Warji people
Warji ethnicGroup Warji people
Warjawa alternativeName Warji people
Warji language spokenBy Warji people
Warji language ethnicGroup Warji people
Warji language hasSpeakerCommunity Warji people
Ngizim people relatedGroup Warji people