The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor to Renk, in...
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Dinka (natively Thuɔŋjäŋ, Thoŋ ë Jieng or simply Jieng) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, a major ethnic group of South Sudan....
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Dinka spirituality is the traditional religion of the Dinka people (also known as Muonyjang), an ethnic group of South Sudan. They belong to the Nilotic...
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peninsula's westernmost Horners. The Nuer people are said to have originally been a section of the Dinka people that migrated out of the Gezira south into...
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Manute Bol (redirect from Dinka Dunker)
was even taller—7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)." His ethnic group, the Dinka, and the Nilotic people of which they are a part, are among the tallest populations...
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peoples numbered 7 million in the late 20th century. The Nilotic peoples primarily adhere to Christianity and traditional faiths, including the Dinka...
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Nuerland (category Dinka people)
complex relationship with neighboring ethnic groups, including Dinka people and Shilluk people, and colonial powers, often marked by conflict and competition...
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Demographics of South Sudan (redirect from People of South Sudan)
southern half of the country, a significant majority of the people belong to either the Dinka people (25.2%) of the South Sudan population, and primary residents...
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Abyei border conflict (2022–present) (section Intensification of the Twic Dinka-Ngok Dinka border conflict)
and Ngok Dinka youth, with several massacres against Ngok Dinka. The Abyei area is inhabited by the Ngok Dinka, a sub-group of the Dinka people who live...
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The Dinka alphabet is used by South Sudanese Dinka people. The written Dinka language is based on the ISO basic Latin alphabet, but with some added letters...
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