The Krongo Nuba are a sub-ethnic group of the
Nuba peoples
The Nuba people are indigenous inhabitants of central Sudan. Nuba are various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state in Sudan, encompassing multiple distinct people that speak different languages which b ...
in the
Nuba Mountains
The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Ages, ...
of
South Kordofan state, in southern
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 ...
. They number several 10,000 persons. This minority is divided in terms of religion.
They live in the Krongo Hills of the Nuba Mountains.
;Language
They speak the
Krongo language
Krongo, also spelled ''Korongo'' or ''Kurungu'' and known as ''Dimodongo, Kadumodi,'' or ''Tabanya'' after local towns, is a Kadu language spoken in Kordofan
Kordofan ( ar, كردفان ') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was d ...
, a
Nilo-Saharan
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by some 50–60 million people, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. T ...
language.
See also
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Index: Nuba peoples
External links
The Nuba Mountains Homepage
References
Joshua Project
Nuba peoples
Ethnic groups in Sudan
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