Central Chadic peoples

E905188

The Central Chadic peoples are a group of ethnolinguistic communities in the Lake Chad region who speak Central Chadic (Biu–Mandara) languages and share related cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chadic peoples 5
Central Chadic 2
Central Chadic peoples canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic group
human population group
associatedWith Lake Chad Basin
linked to: Lake Chad basin
ethnicGroupingOf speakers of Biu–Mandara languages
speakers of Central Chadic languages
hasCulturalTrait age-grade and lineage systems
agro-pastoral livelihoods
regional trade and market networks
village-based social organization
hasLanguageBranch Chadic languages
hasLanguagePhylum Afroasiatic languages
hasLinguisticFamily Biu–Mandara languages
Central Chadic languages
hasRegionOfConcentration Borno State
Extreme-North Cameroon–Nigeria borderlands
Far North Region of Cameroon
Mandara Mountains
historicallyEngagedIn rain-fed agriculture
regional caravan and local trade
small-scale animal husbandry
includesEthnicGroup Giziga people
Higi (Kamwe) people
Mafa people
Mandara peoples
linked to: Mandara people

Matakam people
Mofu peoples
linked to: Mofu-Gudur people

Podoko people
Wandala (Mandara) people
linked to: Wandala people
locatedIn Central Africa
Lake Chad region
linked to: Lake Chad basin

Northeastern Nigeria
linked to: North East Nigeria

Northern Cameroon
Northern Central African Republic
Western Chad
neighboringTo East Chadic peoples
Fulani (Fulbe) people
linked to: Fulani

Kanuri people
West Chadic peoples
linked to: West Chadic
partOf Afroasiatic-speaking peoples
Chadic peoples
linked to: Chadic
recognizedIn African ethnolinguistic classifications
religionIncludes Christianity
Islam
indigenous African religions
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith other Lake Chad region communities
sharesFeature lexical and grammatical similarities within Biu–Mandara branch
use of tonal Central Chadic languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Kotoko culturalArea Central Chadic peoples
Jarawa (Nigerian ethnic group) ethnolinguisticGroup Chadic peoples
subject linked to: Jarawa
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Kilba ethnolinguisticGroup Chadic peoples
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Marghi people ethnolinguisticGroup Chadic peoples
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Gwandara ethnolinguisticGroup Chadic peoples
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Bura people ethnolinguisticGroup Chadic peoples
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Masa languageBranch Central Chadic
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Mofu-Gudur languageSubbranch Central Chadic
linked to: Central Chadic peoples
Sayanci people arePartOf Chadic ethnic groups
linked to: Central Chadic peoples