Sudanese Arabs
عرب سودانيون | |
|---|---|
Sudanese Arab from the tribe of Manasir | |
| Total population | |
| c. 40,000,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sudan 30,000,000 | |
| Egypt | 4,635,000 |
| Yemen | 440,000 |
| South Sudan | 348,000 |
| Libya | 230,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 179,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 75,000 |
| Qatar | 60,000 |
| Oman | 19,000 |
| Turkey | 9,600 |
| Languages | |
| Sudanese Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Nubians, Beja, Cushites, Nilo-Saharans | |
Sudanese Arabs (Arabic: عرب سودانيون, romanized: ʿarab sūdāniyyūn) are the inhabitants of Sudan who identify as Arabs and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. Sudanese Arabs make up 70% of the population of Sudan, however prior to the independence of South Sudan in 2011, Sudanese Arabs made up only 40% of the population. They are Sunni Muslims and speak Sudanese Arabic.