Sinyar people

E915845

The Sinyar people are an ethnic group of the Sahel region in central Africa, primarily living along the Chad–Sudan border and known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sinyar people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population group
affectedBy Darfur conflict
associatedLanguageCode sys
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
culturalArea Sahelian cultures
culturalPractice folk music
oral tradition
ritual ceremonies
traditional dance
demographicType small ethnic minority
environment savanna
semi-arid zone
ethnicGroupOf Chad
Sudan
ethnolect Sinyar language
hasEndonym Sinyar
hasExonym Seniar
hasMinorityStatusIn Chad
Sudan
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Sudanic languages
locatedIn Sahel region
linked to: Sahel

central Africa
nativeLanguage Sinyar language
neighboringEthnicGroup Fur people
Masalit people
Zaghawa people
partOf ethnic groups in Chad
ethnic groups in Sudan
ethnic groups in the Sahel
primaryRegion Chad–Sudan border
region Darfur
linked to: Darfur region

West Darfur
eastern Chad
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalAnimalHusbandry cattle herding
goat herding
traditionalCrop millet
sorghum
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
usesWritingSystem Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sinyar language ethnicGroup Sinyar people
Sinyar language ethnicGroup Sinyar people
subject linked to: Shenir
Shenir spokenBy Sinyar people
Sinyar of Sudan spokenBy Sinyar people
Sinyar of Sudan ethnicAssociation Sinyar people
Sinyar ethnic group hasEthnonym Sinyar people