Umm Heitan is an ethnic group in
South Kurdufan
South Kordofan ( ar, جنوب كردفان ') is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 158,355 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,100,000 people (2000).[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 speak
Koalib, a
Niger–Congo language. The population of this group likely is 22,000. They are a Muslim people.
External links
"Umm Heitan of Sudan" at the Joshua Project
References
Joshua Project
Nuba peoples
Ethnic groups in Sudan
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