Jumjum
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Jumjum is an ethnic group in Sudan
. Most of its members are Muslim
s. The number of persons in this group is at about 50,000. They speak Jumjum
, a Nilotic
language. They live in the Upper Nile Province. Descendants of this ethnic group can be found in parts of Rada', Yemen.
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
. Most of its members are Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s. The number of persons in this group is at about 50,000. They speak Jumjum
Jumjum language
Jumjum is a Luo language of South Sudan. It forms a dialect continuum with Mabaan....
, a Nilotic
Nilotic
Nilotic people or Nilotes, in its contemporary usage, refers to some ethnic groups mainly in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania, who speak Nilotic languages, a large sub-group of the Nilo-Saharan languages...
language. They live in the Upper Nile Province. Descendants of this ethnic group can be found in parts of Rada', Yemen.