Dinka people
Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the ethnic group. For the language, see Dinka language. For other uses, see Dinka (disambiguation).
The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor[1] to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three Provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
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Quick Facts Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ, Regions with significant populations ...
Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
South Sudan | 4.5 million[citation needed] |
Languages | |
Dinka | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Dinka religion, Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nuer and other Nilotic peoples |
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They number around 4.5 million, according to the 2008 Sudan census, constituting about 40% of the population[2] of that country and the largest ethnic tribe in South Sudan. The Dinka refer to themselves as Muonyjang (singular) and jieng (plural).