pounded yam

yam-based staple food from West Africa
Product food Q97483764
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pounded yam

Summary

pounded yam is a food[1]. It draws 151 Wikipedia views per month (food category, ranking #96 of 310).[2]

Key Facts

  • pounded yam is identified as part of the Ebira people ethnic group[3].
  • pounded yam is identified as part of the Okun ethnic group[4].
  • pounded yam is identified as part of the Yoruba people ethnic group[5].
  • pounded yam is identified as part of the Tiv ethnic group[6].
  • pounded yam is identified as part of the Igbo people ethnic group[7].
  • pounded yam is in the country of Nigeria[8].
  • pounded yam's image is recorded as POUNDED YAM & VEGETABLE SOUP. A native delicacy of the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, West Africa..jpg[9].
  • pounded yam's continent is recorded as Africa[10].
  • pounded yam's instance of is recorded as food[11].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Nigeria[12].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Ondo State[13].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Benue State[14].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Edo State[15].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Ekiti State[16].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Kogi State[17].
  • pounded yam's location is recorded as Ijesha[18].
  • pounded yam's subclass of is recorded as swallow[19].
  • pounded yam's has use is recorded as nutrition[20].
  • pounded yam's Commons category is recorded as Pounded yam[21].
  • pounded yam's country of origin is recorded as Nigeria[22].
  • pounded yam's has part is recorded as yam[23].
  • pounded yam's has part is recorded as water[24].
  • pounded yam's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[25].
  • pounded yam's used by is recorded as eating[26].
  • pounded yam's fabrication method is recorded as cooking[27].

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Origins and Family

Ethnic identities include Ebira people[3], an ethnic group[28], in Nigeria[29]; Okun[4], a language[30], in Nigeria[31]; Yoruba people[5], an ethnic group[32], in Benin[33]; Tiv[6], a natural language[34], in Cameroon[35]; and Igbo people[7], an ethnic group[36], in Nigeria[37].

Why It Matters

pounded yam draws 151 Wikipedia views per month (food category, ranking #96 of 310).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . allnigerianrecipes.com. allnigerianrecipes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . africanbites.com. africanbites.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . cheflolaskitchen.com. cheflolaskitchen.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . allnigerianrecipes.com. allnigerianrecipes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . allnigerianrecipes.com. allnigerianrecipes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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