Dinka people
Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ | |
|---|---|
Portrait of Dinka man | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| South Sudan | 4.5 million |
| Languages | |
| Dinka | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Dinka religion, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nuer and other Nilotic peoples | |
The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Mangalla-Bor to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three provinces that were formerly part of southern Sudan), and the Abyei area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.
They number around 4.5 million, according to the 2008 Sudan census, constituting about 40% of the population of that country and the largest ethnic group in South Sudan. The Dinka refer to themselves as Muonyjang (singular) and jieng (plural).