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Yao people

ethnic group in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
Intangible ethnic_group Q1255780
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Yao people

Summary

Yao people is an ethnic group[1]. It draws 479 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #611 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yao people's religion is recorded as Sunni Islam[3].
  • Yao people is in the country of Malawi[4].
  • Yao people is in the country of Mozambique[5].
  • Yao people is in the country of Tanzania[6].
  • Yao people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[7].
  • Yao people is part of Bantu people[8].
  • Yao people's Commons category is recorded as Yao (East Africa)[9].
  • Yao people has a population of {'amount': '+2500000'}[10].
  • Yao people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Yao people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[12].

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Definition and Type

Yao people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[7].

Use and Application

Yao people is part of Bantu people[8].

Why It Matters

Yao people draws 479 Wikipedia views per month (ethnic_group category, ranking #611 of 4,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Malawi Mozambique Tanzania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Part of → —
    Part of → Bantu people
    Instance of → ethnic group
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531843605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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