List of the peoples of Sudan
This is a list of the peoples of Sudan and South Sudan .
Sudan and South Sudan are multiethnic states with over a hundred different ethnicities and languages. The larger ethnic groups are often divided into subgroups.
| people | language | population | area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acholi | Acholi | 30,000-50,000 | (a) | South Sudan / Uganda ( Acholiland ) |
| Anuak ( Anyuak , Anywak ) | Anyua | 100,000 | (a) | South Sudan / Ethiopia |
| Azande ( Zande ) | Azande | 350,000 | (1982, b) | Southwest Sudan / Democratic Republic of the Congo , Central African Republic |
Baggara ( Baqqara )
|
Arabic |
452,000 303,000 |
(c) | North Sudan (Kordofan, Darfur) / other Sahel countries |
| Bari | Bari | 60,000-70,000 | (a) | Southeast Sudan (around Juba ) |
| Bedscha ( Beja ) | Bedscha ( Bedawi ) | 951,000 | (1982, b) | East Sudan / Egypt , Ethiopia, Eritrea |
| Berta ( Beni Shangul ) | Berta | 22,000 | (b) | South Sudan / Ethiopia |
| Berti | Berti | 252,000 | (c) | Darfur , Kordofan |
| Burun ( Maban ) | Burun | 100,000 | (a) | South Sudan |
| Daju ( Dajo , Daju ) | Daju languages | 161,750 | (b) | Enclaves in Darfur , South Sudan and the Nuba Mountains / Chad |
| Didinga ( Xaroxa ) | Murle-Didinga | 60,000 | (a) | South Sudan (Didinga Hills near Kapoita ) |
Dinka ( Jieng , Muonyjang )
|
Dinka | 2.5-3.0 million | (a) | South Sudan ( Bahr al-Ghazal ), Abyei |
| Dongotono ( Dongotona ) | Dongotono | 6,200 | (2000, b) | South Sudan (Dongotono Hills southeast of Torit ) |
| Fulbe | Fulfulde | 90,000 | (1982, b) | Sudan / West Africa |
| For | For | 500,000 | (1983, b) | Darfur |
| Gumuz | Gumuz | 40,000 | (b) | South Sudan ( Fazogli ) / Ethiopia |
| Hausa-Fulani | Hausa | 489,000 | (2001, b) | North Sudan / West Africa |
| Ingessana ( Gaam , Tabi ) | Gaam | 67,000 | (2000, b) | between the White and Blue Nile , Tabi Hills at Er Roseires |
| Kakwa | Kakwa ( Bari Kakwa ) | 40,000 | (1978, b) | South Sudan ( Yei ) / Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda |
| Kanuri | Kanuri | 195,000 | (1993, b) | North Sudan / Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger |
| Maba | Maba | 52,000 | (c) | Sudan / Chad |
| Masalite | Masalite | 173.810 | (2001, b) | Darfur / Chad |
| Murle | Murle | 300,000-400,000 | (a) | South Sudan ( Junqali ) / Ethiopia |
| Ndogo | Ndogo | 23,000 | (2000, b) | South Sudan |
| Niloten (includes Acholi, Anuak, Bari, Dinka, Lango, Lotuko , Nuer, Schilluk, Toposa) | Nilotic languages | South Sudan / East Africa | ||
| Nuba | various Kordofan and Nubian languages | over 1 million | Nuba Mountains | |
| Nubians | Nubian | 222,000 | (c) | on the Nile in Northern Sudan / Egypt |
Nuer ( Naath )
|
Only | 2 million | (a) | South Sudan / Ethiopia |
| Rashaida | Arabic | 83,000 | (c) | East Sudan / Eritrea |
| Schilluk ( Shuluk , Chollo ) | Schilluk | 500,000 | (a) | around Malakal , on the White Nile |
| Somali | Somali | 1,300 | (c) | as refugees in Sudan / Somalia , Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti |
| Surma ( Suri ) | Surma | 1,000 | (1983, b) | Southeast Sudan / Ethiopia |
| Toposa | Toposa | 700,000-750,000 | (a) | South Sudan (around Kapoita) |
| Zaghawa | Zaghawa | 102,000 | (b) | Darfur / Chad |
See also
Sources / footnotes
- ↑ In addition to the "original" language mentioned here, many ethnic groups also have a widespread knowledge of Arabic as a second and lingua franca, and in some cases English in the south. In some cases, such as the Nuba, the original language is also replaced by the Arabic language.
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↑ The figures given are mostly based on estimates, in some cases there are different figures; Conflicts in different parts of the country have led to larger population movements, e.g. Partly abroad, led and made work for demographers difficult. The fact that some ethnic groups lead a nomadic way of life and live across borders also makes it difficult to provide precise information.
Sources of the numbers: a) www.gurtong.net. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . , b) ethnologue.com - ↑ Adding together the information for the various Daju languages
- ↑ Still upright: the Nuba ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , National Geographic February 2003
