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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 9
Population: 3,130,000
Unreached people groups: 9
UPG population: 3,130,000
Unengaged UPGs: 4
UUPG population: 253,500
Number of countries: 3
Affinity Bloc: Arab World
Overview: Shuwa is a term used to describe one of the regional Arab language varieties, spoken predominantly in Chad and Sudan around Lake Chad. 'Baggara,' an Arabic term for nomadic cattle herding, is commonly added to people group names within this people cluster. The term 'Shuwa' is primarily used by non-Arabic speakers to describe their Arabic speaking neighbors.
Peoples within this cluster: Baggara, Dekakire; Baggara, Fertit; Baggara, Habbania; Baggara, Hemat; Baggara, Mahamid; Baggara, Selim; Baggara, Shuwa Arab
Countries where they are found: Chad; Nigeria; Sudan
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