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Tiv people

ethnic group in Nigeria and a few more in Cameroon
Class type of: Benue–Congo peoples Q1235705

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
ethnic group
Religion or worldview
magic[2]
Country
Nigeria, Cameroon[9][10]
Subclass of
Benue–Congo peoples[11]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[12]
Language used
Tiv[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Benue State, Taraba State, Nasarawa State, Plateau State, Cross River State, Federal Capital Territory[3][4][5][6][7][8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tiv people en Tiwi en Mba-tivi en Mbitse en Michi en Midsi en Mitshi en Munchi en Munci en Munshi en Munsi en Tivi cs Tivové de Tiv id Orang Tiv ja ティブ族 ko 티브족 pl Tiw ru тив tr Tivler
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85135669
GND ID
4106509-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tiv bride and groom.jpg ↗
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID
29494107X
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300016109
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11971511k
Described at URL
africanarchive.org, africanarchive.org, africanarchive.org
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Tiv
Freebase ID
/m/0654gv
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
tiv
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4191315
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
tiv-narod-57daa1
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IdRef ID
02773577X
J9U entity ID
987007538810405171
SocioMap ID
SM250760
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zapfbzvu
Yale LUX ID
concept/58f7ce94-73c1-4ad0-8cf7-744958552548

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🔗 Connections
Located in the administrative territorial entity 6
Benue State, Plateau State, Cross River State, Nasarawa State, Taraba State, Federal Capital Territory
Country 2
Nigeria, Cameroon
Instance of 1
ethnic group
Language used 1
Tiv
Religion or worldview 1
magic
← Ethnic group 1
Nigeria
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Summary

Tiv people is an ethnic group[1].

Related Entities

Cameroon Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . punchng.com. punchng.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . pulse.ng. pulse.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . punchng.com. punchng.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . joshuaproject.net. joshuaproject.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . joshuaproject.net. joshuaproject.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . joshuaproject.net. joshuaproject.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . pulse.ng. pulse.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 4106509-8
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56529: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 6w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SocioMap ID → SM250760
    "Created claim: SocioMap ID: SM250760, batch #274927"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → https://africanarchive.org/en/staemme/tiv, https://africanarchive.org/de/staemme/tiv, https://africanarchive.org/fr/staemme/tiv
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007538810405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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