Surma people

Suri (Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu)
Suri girl
Total population
'Surmic' speakers: 80,000 (1998), 186,875 (2007)
Regions with significant populations
southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan
Languages
Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Surmic peoples

Suri is a collective name for three ethnic groups (Chai, Timaga, and Baale) mainly living in Suri woreda, in southwestern Ethiopia. They share many similarities politically, territorially, culturally and economically but speak different languages. They all speak South East Surmic languages within the Nilo-Saharan language family, which includes the Mun, Majang, and Me'en people's languages.

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