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    The Iraqw People (/ɪˈrɑːkuː/) are a Cushitic ethnic group inhabiting the northern Tanzanian regions. They are believed to have originated from the southwestern...
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  • Iraqw may refer to: Iraqw people Iraqw language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Iraqw. If an internal link led you here...
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    people Hadiya people Kambaata people Halaba people Burunge people Iraqw people Alagwa people Gorowa people Levine, Donald (2000). Greater Ethiopia (2 ed...
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  • Iraqw (/ɪˈrɑːkuː/) is a Cushitic language spoken in Tanzania in the Arusha and Manyara Regions. It is expanding in numbers as the Iraqw people absorb neighbouring...
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    click consonants, is arguably a language isolate. The language of the Iraqw people is Cushitic. Other languages are Indian languages and Portuguese (spoken...
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    The Datooga, (Wamang'ati, in Swahili), are a Nilotic ethnic people group from Karatu District of Arusha Region and historically in areas of south west...
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  • The Alagwa (Swahili: Waasi; Rangi: Vaasi; Iraqw: Alawa) are a Cushitic ethnic group mostly based in the Kondoa District (Alagwa: Ulàa) of the Dodoma Region...
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    Iraqw, Gorowa, and Burunge.: page 17  Based on linguistic evidence, there may also have been two movements into Tanzania of Eastern Cushitic people at...
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    Solanum nigrum (category Articles containing Iraqw-language text)
    expensive meal in most restaurants in urban areas. Traditionally, the Iraqw people in northern Tanzania have used S. nigrum (manakw) as vegetable for generations...
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    needed] In Tanzania, it is very popular among elders, especially among the Iraqw people. In the US, a similar hat is used officially by the US Navy for enlisted...
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  • and the capital of the Mbulu District. The town is inhabited by the Iraqw people. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbulu is also in Mbulu. Mbulu is located...
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    or Ethiopia. This is because of the Batutsi semblance to the Iraqw people and Masai people. However because of continuous intermarriages there are no clear...
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    is the Iraqw people, followed by the Datooga and the Hadza people. According to the 2022 Census, the Council has a population of 256,838 people, with 131...
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    Kerio Valley (section People)
    link however reoccurs in Tanzania out of an ethnic community known as Iraqw. The Iraqw openly admit to be the masterminds behind the constructions and linked...
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    introduces customs and goods to the Hadza. The Isanzu people neighbor the Hadza. Unlike the Iraqw and the cattle-raiding Maasai (who used to lead raids...
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  • Kw'adza falaʔeto, Iraqw fara 'horn': hadoŋ — Kw'adza xalinko, Iraqw xaraŋ 'hair': seʔemuk — Iraqw seʔemi 'head': sogok — Kw'adza sagiko, Iraqw saga 'eye': ilat...
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    sustain the plateau's farms and forests. The plateau is home to the Iraqw people, who practice intensive agriculture using a broad variety of crops and...
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  • Lumbwa Treaty (category Kipsigis people)
    These descriptions can describe Iraqw people and Datoga Kalenjin who used to live in association with each other, with Iraqw known for elaborate irrigation...
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    respectively. The District is inhabited by people of different ethnic affiliations, especially the Iraqw people who are some of the earliest agro-pastoralists...
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  • Saigilo (category People from Arusha Region)
    divination, which has led to his establishment as a folk figure within Iraqw and Datooga society in present-day Karatu District in Arusha Region, northern...
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  • The Kw'adza, also known as the Qwadza, were an ethnic group and Iraqw Communities based in the Mbulu District of Manyara Region, Tanzania. They spoke...
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    ancestors of the Iraqw, a Cushitic-speaking group of cultivators residing in the Mbulu Highlands of northern Tanzania. The modern Iraqw practice an intensive...
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  • region: southeast, south and northwest of Lake Eyashi.[citation needed] Iraqw: Tanzania Kalenjin: Kenya Kikuyu: Kenya Luhya: Kenya Maasai: Kenya, Tanzania...
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    opposite strategy: here, the possessed noun is marked for construct case, e.g. Iraqw afé-r mar'i "doors" (lit. "mouths of houses"), where afee "mouth" is marked...
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  • spellings. It is common to use the orthography of Iraqw for Gorwaa written communication. Gorowa people Gorowa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Harvey, Andrew...
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  • influenced the Iraqw language which has occupied much former Datooga territory and has absorbed Datooga through intermarriage; for example, the Iraqw use Datooga...
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    located in northwest of the district and was originally inhabited by the Iraqw peoples before they migrated south towards Karatu. The word Monduli was originated...
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    genetics of human populations to discover founder populations of modern people groups and human migrations. In 2005, National Geographic launched The Genographic...
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  • John Stephen Akhwari (category Living people)
    1938 in Mbulu, Tanganyika) is a Tanzanian former marathon runner from the Iraqw tribe. He represented Tanzania in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics...
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    you, there is a daily small market in the town center. The Iraqw, a primarily Christian people, are the dominant tribe of Karatu. Their language is linguistically...
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