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III: WORLDWIDE TABLES OF PASTORAL PEOPLES

Africa

Phylum

Branch

Language

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Afroasiatic

Omotic

Hamar

Hamar

Southwest Ethiopia

Cattle, sheep, goats

 

Cushitic

Bedauye

Beja

East Sudan

Camels

   

Somaali

Somaali

Somalia

Camels

   

Afar

Afar

Somalia/Djibouti

Camels

   

Borana

Borana

Ethiopia/Kenya

Cattle, sheep, goats

   

Rendille

Rendille

Kenya

Camels, sheep, goats

   

Gabra

Gabra

Kenya

Camels

 

Chadic

Yedina

Yedina

Lake Chad

Cattle

 

Berber

Tamasheq

Touareg

Central Sahara

Camels

   

Berber

 

Maghreb

Cattle, sheep, goats

 

Semitic

Arabic

Baggara/Shuwa

Northeast Nigeria to
the Sudan

Cattle, sheep, goats

     

Uled Suliman

Lake Chad region

Camels

     

Rgeybat

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Camels

     

Shukriya

The Sudan

Cattle

     

Rashaida

The Sudan

Cattle

     

Kerana

The Sudan

Cattle

     

Moors

Mauritania

Camels

Nilo-Saharan

Saharan

Kanuri

 

West and north of Lake Chad

Cattle, camels

   

Kanembu

Kuburi, Sugurti

Northeast Borneo/the Niger

Cattle

   

Teda/Daza

Teda (Tubu)

Nigeria/the Niger/Chad

Camels, donkeys

   

Zaghawa

 

Chad/the Sudan

Cattle, camels

 

East Sudanic
Nilotic

Maa

Maasai

Kenya/United Republic of Tanzania

Cattle

   

il-Camus

Samburu

North Kenya

Cattle

   

Turkana

Turkana

North Kenya

Cattle

   

Karimojong

Karimojong

Northeast Uganda

Cattle

   

Jie

Jie

Northeast Uganda

Cattle

   

Shilluk

Shilluk

South Sudan

Cattle

   

Anywak

Anywak

South Sudan/Ethiopia

Cattle

   

Dinka

Dinka

South Sudan

Cattle

   

Nuer

Nuer

South Sudan

Cattle

   

Atuot

Atuot

South Sudan

Cattle

 

Surmic

Didinga

Didinga

South Sudan

Cattle

   

Murle

Murle

South Sudan

Cattle

Niger-Congo

Atlantic

Fulfulde

Fulºe

Senegambia-the Sudan

Various

 

Benue-Congo

ociHerero

Herero

Namibia, Botswana

Cattle

 

Benue-Congo

ovaHimba

Himba

Namibia

Cattle

Khoisan

Khoi

Khoi

Khoi

Southern Africa

Cattle

Europe

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Indo-European

Slavonic

Vlach

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia

Sheep

 

Hispanic

Spanish

Northern Spain

Small ruminants

Vasconic

 

Basque

 

Sheep

Near East and West Asia

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Indo-European

Baxtyari

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

 
   

Pashtun

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

Uzbek

Uzbekistan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

Lur

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

Zuri

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

S‚d‚t

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

Baluch

Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep, camels

Semitic

 

Arab

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

T‚heri

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

   

Kurd

Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Turkey

Sheep

   

Shahsevan

Islamic Republic of Iran

Sheep

India and the Himalayas

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

   

Gaddi

Himachal Pradesh

Yaks, small ruminants

 

Tibetan

Chang Pa

Ladakh

Yaks, small ruminants

   

Ahar

Uttar Pradesh

 
   

Gadariya

Uttar Pradesh

Small ruminants

   

Ahir

Uttar Pradesh

 
   

Gwala

Bihar, Bengal

 
   

Gaura

Orissa

 
   

Gowari

Madhya Pradesh

 
   

Bharwad

Gujarat

Small ruminants

   

Dhangar

Maharashtra

Small ruminants

   

Gavli

Maharashtra

 
   

Golla

Andhra Pradesh

 
   

Kuruba

Mysore, Tamil Nadu

Small ruminants

   

Idaiyan [Yadava]

Tamil Nadu

 
   

Toda

   
   

Bhopa

   
   

Chopan

Jammu and Kashmir

Small ruminants

   

Bakkarwal

Jammu and Kashmir

Small ruminants

   

Gujjar lGojar]

Rajasthan, Kashmir

Cows, buffalos

   

Banih‚r‚

Rajasthan, Kashmir

Cows, buffalos

   

Rebari

Rajasthan, Gujarat

Camels

   

Raika

Rajasthan

Camels

Central Asia and the Far East

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Altaic

Mongolic

Mongol

Mongolia, China,

Cattle, camels, yaks, sheep,

the Russian Federation

 

goats

   
   

Buryat

Russia Federation

Cattle, sheep, goats

   

Kazakh

Mongolia, Republic of Kazakhstan

Sheep, horses, cattle, camels

   

Kyrgyz

Kyrgyzstan

Sheep, goats

 

Turkic

Turkmen

Turkmenistan

Sheep, goats

   

Tajik

Tajikistan

Sheep, goats

   

Satan

Mongolia

Reindeer

Subarctic

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Altaic

Turkic

Dolgan

 

Reindeer

 

Turkic

Sakha [Yakut]

Cattle

 

Finno-Ugric

Finnic

Saami

Finland to Kola peninsula

Reindeer

   

Komi

Kola peninsula

Reindeer

   

Nenets

Siberia

Reindeer

Chukchi

 

Chukchi

Chukotka

Reindeer

The New World

Phylum

Branch

Group

Location

Main pastoral species

Eskimo-Aleut

 

Inupiat

Alaska

Reindeer

Vasconic

 

Basque

Mid-west

Sheep

Athabaskan

 

Navajo

Mid-west

Sheep

Athabaskan

 

Apache

Mid-west

Cattle

   

Aymara

Andes

Llamas, vicuna, sheep

   

Quechua

Andes

Llamas, vicuna, sheep

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