Photo courtesy of Joshua Project.By Jeff and Lindsey Hallett
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 124
Population: 44,160,750
Unreached people groups: 103
UPG population: 32,642,450
Unengaged UPGs: 39
UUPG population: 7,605,650
Number of countries: 9
Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African
Overview: The Nilotic people cluster encompasses a number of people groups inhabiting the Nile Valley and speaking one or more Nilotic languages. The term 'Nilotic' derives from the Nile Valley. The Ethnologue classifies more than sixty languages as Nilotic, distinguishing these languages and their speakers from the mainly Bantu speaking peoples who are their ethnic neighbors.
Peoples within this cluster: Acholi; Ageer; Alur; Anuak; Atwot; Bale; Bari, Kuku; Beri; Berta; Bodi; Bor; Burun; Datooga; Dholuo; Di'dinga; Dinka, Northeastern; Dinka, Northwestern; Dinka, South Central; Dinka, Southeastern; Dongotono; Donyiro; Fa-c-Aka; Gobato; Gok; Gule; Gumuz; Ingessana (Gaam); Jiye; Jumjum; Jur Luo; Jur Modo; Kacipo-Balesi; Kakwa; Karamojong; Kelo; Kipsigis; Koma; Kumam; Kunama; Kupsabiny; Kwama; Kwegu, Bacha; Langgo; Lango; Lokoro; Lokoya; Lopid; Lotuho; Maaban; Maasai; Maasai, Arusha; Me'en; Mening; Mesengo; Molo; Mondari; Morokodo; Murele; Mursi; Nara; Narin; Ngok-Sobat; Njemps; Nuer, Naath; Nyangatom; Nyangbara; Ongamo; Opuua, Shita; Padhola; Pokot; Sabaot; Samburu; Sebei; Shabo; Shilluk; Suri; Talai; Tennet; Teso; Tirma; Toposa; Tuic; Turkana; Uduk; Western Dinka, Rek
Countries where they are found: Congo (Kinshasa); Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; United States
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