Daju

E940832

The Daju are an ethnic group native to the Darfur region of Sudan and parts of Chad, known for their distinct language cluster and historical sultanates.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Daju canonical 4
Dajuic 1
Sila Daju 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
associatedWith Dar Sila Sultanate
linked to: Daju Sultanate

Wadai Empire
continent Africa
country Chad
Sudan
ethnicGroupIn Chad
Sudan
ethnolinguisticGroup Nilo-Saharan peoples
hasLanguage Daju Darfur language
Logorik language
linked to: Keiga language

Njalgulgule language
linked to: Nyala Daju language

Shatt language
Sila language
hasSubgroup Dar Sila Daju
Darfur Daju
linked to: Daju of Darfur

Logorik Daju
Njalgulgule Daju
Shatt Daju
Sila Daju
linked to: Daju
historicalRegion Darfur
linked to: Darfur region

Kordofan
Wadai
historicalState Daju Kingdom of Darfur
Daju Sultanate
languageFamily Daju languages
Eastern Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
linguisticFeature SVO word order
tone languages
majorityReligion Islam
minorityReligion traditional African religions
nativeTo Darfur region
eastern Chad
western Sudan
precededBy Tora people NERFINISHED
region Jebel Marra area
linked to: Jebel Marra region

Sahel
religion Sunni Islam
succeededBy Tunjur people NERFINISHED
traditionalCrops millet
sesame
sorghum
traditionalEconomy agriculture
pastoralism
traditionalHousing thatched huts
usesWritingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Daju family hasAlternativeName Dajuic
linked to: Daju
Daju hasSubgroup Sila Daju
linked to: Daju