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Many Sinyars are employed as farmers and agricultural laborers. Hunting and fishing used to be common among the Sinyars but environmental degradation has led to their virtual extinction as a form of significant subsistence.
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began invading the region. After border negotiations between the British and French, the area where the Sinyar lived got split into
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According to local tradition, the Sinyars claim to trace their origins to Arabs from Egypt. The Sinyars were subjects of the
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residences are common. Sinyars live in extended families where women often outnumber men.
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until around 1863, when the Sinyars then became subjects of the
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
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Index

Sinyar language
Islam
Chad
Sudan
West Darfur
Sinyar
Chadian Arabic
Fur
Fur
Keira Sultanate
Dar Sila
Turco- Egyptians
French Chad
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
matrilineal
Matrilocal
"Sinyar language"
Ethnologue
"Sinyar language"
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
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Muslim peoples : a world ethnographic survey

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