Atyap people
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The Atyap (Tyap: A̱tyap, singular: A̱tyotyap; exonyms: Jju: Ba̱tyap; Hausa: Kataf, Katab) are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State and Riyom of Plateau State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Atyap
- Ethnic group.image
- Atyap troupe arriving the stadium at SK Fest 2024 03.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- (Top) Atyap flag, (Bottom) Asorong Gugwa, SK Fest 2024
- Ethnic group.population
- 281,000
- Ethnic group.flag
- Atyap flag.png
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Nigeria
- Ethnic group.languages
- Tyap (A̱lyem Tyap)
- Ethnic group.religions
- Christianity, A̱bwoi, Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Bajju, Ham, Bakulu, Adara, Afizere, Irigwe, Berom, Tarok, Jukun, Kuteb, Efik, Tiv, Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Plateau State
- Image
- ATYAP ENSIGN HQ.png
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- Commons category
- Atyap people
- language used
- Tyap
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Encyclopedic overview
46 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Archeoloɡical material evidence
- Linguistic evidence
- <span class="anchor" id="Other evidences"></span>Other evidence
- Subgroups and clans
- History
- Prehistoric era
- Barter trade era – 18th century
- 19th century
- Resumption of trade
- Early jihad days
- Richard Lander's visit
- Later jihad days and slave trade
- 20th century
- Colonial Nigeria
- Atyap anti-colonial movements
- Post colonial Nigeria
- 21st century
- Culture
- A̱nak festival and headhunting
- Hunting
- Marriage
- Primary marriage
- Nyeang alala (marriage by necklace)
- Khap ndi (farming dowry) or khap niat (in-lawship farming)
- Secondary marriage
- Relationship between fertility and religion
- Demographics
- Distribution
- Population
- Religion
- Indigenous
- Abrahamic
- Language
- Geography
- Vegetation
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Crop cultivation
- Animal rearing
- Manufacturing
- Politics
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
The Atyap (Tyap: A̱tyap, singular: A̱tyotyap; exonyms: Jju: Ba̱tyap; Hausa: Kataf, Katab) are an ethnic group found majorly in Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema'a Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State and Riyom of Plateau State, Nigeria. They speak the Tyap language, one of the Central Plateau languages.
==Origins== thumb|A young woman in Traditional Atyap attire thumb|A young man in Atyap Traditional attire
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