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 |
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 |
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, |
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 |
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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, |
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 |
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Gadariya |
Uttar Pradesh |
Small ruminants | ||
Ahir |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Gwala |
Bihar, Bengal |
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Gaura |
Orissa |
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Gowari |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Bharwad |
Gujarat |
Small ruminants | ||
Dhangar |
Maharashtra |
Small ruminants | ||
Gavli |
Maharashtra |
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Golla |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Kuruba |
Mysore, Tamil Nadu |
Small ruminants | ||
Idaiyan [Yadava] |
Tamil Nadu |
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Toda |
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Bhopa |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |