Jur Modo is an ethnic group in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
numbering about 50,000. They have a rural way of life, living in relatively isolated compounds. They speak
Jur Modo language, a Nilo-Saharan language, though some speakers also use
Arabic,
Dinka,
Moru,
Baka
Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to:
Ethnicities and languages
* Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), an African ethnic group
* Baka people (Congo and South Sudan), an African ethnic group
* Baka language, a dialect cluster of Cameroon and Gabon
* Baka ...
, or
Zande. The principal religion is
animism.
References
* Jur Mödö – English Dictionary with Grammar, Andrew Persson and Janet R. Persson), Nairobi, Kenya: S.I.L.-Sudan, 1991
External links
Unasylva 154
Ethnic groups in Sudan
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