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Bambara |
Dogon |
Eastern Karabo |
Jula |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tiefo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Zarma
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| Indigenous Group |
Zarma (Also known as: Zerma, Djerma, Dyerma, Zaberma)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, Eastern, Tapoa Province, near Niger and Benin borders
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| Estimated Population |
600 (1987,
SIL) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Plain / Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry / Fishing
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Zarma
Classification:
Songhai, Southern, Nilo-Saharan
Alternate Names:
Dyerma, Dyarma, Dyabarma, Zabarma, Adzerma, Djerma, Zarbarma
Dialects:
Zarma, Kaado |
| Website URLs |
Encyclopedia Britannica
Fulani and Zarma Tribes Pushed into Fights by Desertification
Ethnologue: Zarma, A Language of Burkina Faso
Zerma Team
Map of Burkina Faso
Language map of Burkina Faso
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| NGOs |
United Nations Development Program
International Service
Reseau National de Lutte Anti-Corruption (REN-LAC)
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