Ethnic groups in Sudan

Nuba is a collective term used here for the various indigenous peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in Sudan.

The term Nubian describes an ethnic group that originated in modern-day Sudan and Egypt.

The Ababda or Ababde – the Gebadei of Pliny, and possibly the Troglodytes of other classical writers – are nomads living in the area between the Nile and the Red Sea, in the vicinity of Aswan in Egypt and north Sudan.

The Magyarab are a people living along the Nile River in Egypt and Sudan.

(Not to be confused with Bedoon (ethnicity) or Baudouin of Belgium.)("Bedu" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Biduiyeh, Sirjan.) The Bedouin (/ˈbɛdᵿ.ɪn/; Arabic: بَدَوِي badawī) are an Arab semi-nomadic ethnic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts.

Sudanese Arabs are the Arabic-speaking majority population of Sudan.

The Dinka people are an ethnic group inhabiting the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts of southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions.

Berti is an extinct Saharan language formerly spoken in northern Sudan, specifically in the Tagabo Hills, Darfur, and Kurdufan.

The Murle are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Jonglei State, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern Ethiopia.

The Daasanach (also known as the Marille or Geleba) are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan.

The Beri or Zaghawa (also spelled Zakhawa) are an ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan, including Darfur.

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw), numbering approximately 20 million people in total, are one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa.

Arabs (Arabic: عرب‎‎, ‘arab) are a panethnicity of peoples whose native language is a variety of Arabic.

The Luo (also called Joluo or Jonagi/Onagi, singular Jaluo, Jaonagi or Joramogi/Nyikwaramogi, meaning Ramogi's heirs) are an ethnic group in western Kenya, northern Uganda, and in Mara Region in northern Tanzania.

The Beja people (Arabic: البجا‎‎) are an ethnic group inhabiting Sudan, as well as parts of Eritrea, Egypt, and the Eastern Desert.

The Nuer people are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the Nile Valley.

The Berta or Bertha are an ethnic group living along the border of Sudan and Ethiopia.

The Fur (Fur: fòòrà, Arabic: فور Fūr) are an ethnic group inhabiting western Sudan.

The Shilluk (Shill: Chollo) are a major Luo Nilotic people of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal.

The Anuak , also known as the Anyuak, Agnwak and Anywaa, are a Luo Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting parts of East Africa.

Tama is a non-Arab, African ethnic group of people who live in eastern Chad and western Sudan.

Houara (Berber: Ihuwwaren, Arabic: هوارة‎‎) is a large Berber tribe spread widely in the Maghreb, and has some descendents in the Levant and Spain.

Amri is an Arabic ethnic group of Sudan.

Tuba, also Bidayat (Bideyat), is a dialect of the Zaghawa language found in Chad and western Sudan.

The Uduk are a Nilo-Saharan group from eastern Sudan.

The Masalit (Masalit: masara; Arabic: ماساليت‎‎) are an ethnic group inhabiting western Sudan and eastern Chad.

Copts in Sudan may refer to people born in or residing in Sudan of full or partial Coptic origin.

The Hedareb or T'bdawe are a Beni-Amer division, a subgroup of the Beja.

The Rashaida, Rashaayda or Bani Rashid (Arabic: بني رشيد, الرشايدة‎‎) are a tribe populating Eritrea and northeast Sudan.

Romani people in Sudan speak the Domari language.

The Bisharin are an ethnic group inhabiting Northeast Africa.

Sebei is an ethnic group of Uganda and Sudan.