Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Amharic (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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South Sudan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Nuer	1469000	Nuer	Christianity
Dinka, Southwestern	1332000	Dinka, Southwestern	Christianity
Azande	933000	Zande	Christianity
Dinka, Southeastern	931000	Dinka, Southeastern	Christianity
Dinka, Northeastern	886000	Dinka, Northeastern	Christianity
Dinka, South Central	787000	Dinka, South Central	Christianity
Karo, Bari	754000	Bari	Christianity
Shilluk, Dhocolo	534000	Shilluk	Ethnic Religions
Arab, Sudanese	377000	Arabic, Sudanese	Islam
Toposa	358000	Toposa	Christianity
Lotuho, Latuka	307000	Otuho	Ethnic Religions
Luwo	260000	Luwo	Ethnic Religions
Viri, Belanda Viri	250000	Belanda Viri	Islam
Arab, Mongallese	243000	Arabic, Juba	Islam
Moru, Kala Moru	232000	Moru	Christianity
Jur Modo	210000	Jur Modo	Ethnic Religions
Murle	198000	Murle	Ethnic Religions
Kuku	195000	Kuku	Christianity
Kakwa, Bari Kakwa	150000	Kakwa	Christianity
Anuak	149000	Anuak	Ethnic Religions
Lopid, Lafit	118000	Lopit	Ethnic Religions
Reel, Atwot	114000	Reel	Ethnic Religions
Di'dinga, Xaroxa	101000	Didinga	Ethnic Religions
Dinka, Northwestern	94000	Dinka, Northwestern	Christianity
Maaban	91000	Mabaan	Ethnic Religions
Acholi, Shuli	89000	Acholi	Christianity
Beli, Jur Beli	88000	Beli (South Sudan)	Ethnic Religions
Lokoya, Owoi	86000	Lokoya	Ethnic Religions
Pari	78000	Pari	Islam
Avukaya	75000	Avokaya	Christianity
Tara Baaka, Mbaka	71000	Baka (South Sudan)	Christianity
Mondari, Chir	66000	Mandari	Christianity
Deaf	56000	Language unknown	Unknown
Dinka, Central	55000	Dinka, South Central	Ethnic Religions
Ndogo	48000	Ndogo	Christianity
Morokodo, Ma'di	47000	Morokodo	Ethnic Religions
Ma'adi	33000	Ma'di	Christianity
Olubogo, Ondoe Luloba	33000	Olu'bo	Islam
Kuku, Bari	32000	Bari	Christianity
Lango	30000	Lango (South Sudan)	Christianity
Kaliko	30000	Keliko	Ethnic Religions
Komo	26000	Komo (Sudan)	Ethnic Religions
Belanda Bor	26000	Belanda Bor	Ethnic Religions
Kaligi, Feroge	26000	Feroge	Islam
Ageer	25000	Dinka, Northeastern	Ethnic Religions
Mundu	23000	Mundu	Ethnic Religions
Bongo	21000	Bongo	Ethnic Religions
Imotong	17000	Imotong	Christianity
Okolie	17000	Okolie	Christianity
Logir	16000	Logir	Christianity

Languages

71 languages recorded here.

Acholi

Amharic

Anuak

Arabic, Juba

Arabic, Sudanese

Avokaya

Bai

Baka (South Sudan)

Banda, Mid-Southern

Banda, Togbo-Vara

Banda, West Central

Banda-Banda

Banda-Mbres

Banda-Ndele

Bari

Belanda Bor

Belanda Viri

Beli (South Sudan)

Bongo

Daasanach

Didinga

Dinka, Northeastern

Dinka, Northwestern

Dinka, South Central

Dinka, Southeastern

Dinka, Southwestern

Dongotono

Feroge

Gbaya

Imotong

Indri

Jumjum

Jur Modo

Kakwa

Keliko

Komo (Sudan)

Kuku

Laarim

Lango (South Sudan)

Language unknown

Logir

Lokoya

Lopit

Luwo

Ma'di

Mabaan

Mandari

Mo'da

Morokodo

Moru

Mundu

Murle

Ndogo

Njalgulgule

Nuer

Nyamusa-Molo

Nyangatom

Okolie

Olu'bo

Opo

Otuho

Pari

Reel

Shilluk

Suri, Kacipo-Bale

Tennet

Thuri

Toposa

Uduk

Yulu

Zande

All catalogue fields

135 fields recorded

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iso3: SSD
iso2: SS
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poplpeopleslr: 696000
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rlg3primary: 1
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percentevangelical: 19.817306536205
c_10_40window: N
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harvest_ctry: South Sudan
harvest_ctryshort: South Sudan
harvest_countrynamechinese: 南蘇丹
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 南蘇丹
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harvest_countrynamefrench: Soudan du Sud
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Soudan du Sud
harvest_countrynamegerman: Südsudan
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Südsudan
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Sudan Selatan
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Sudan Selatan
harvest_countrynameitalian: Sudan del Sud
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Sudan del Sud
harvest_countrynamekorean: 남수단
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 남수단
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harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Sør-Sudan
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Sudão do Sul
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Sudão do Sul
harvest_countrynamerussian: Южный Судан
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Южный Судан
harvest_countrynamespanish: Sudán del Sur
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Sudán del Sur
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harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
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harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-sudan/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: States
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harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ss&joshua=od
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-south-sudan
harvest_internetusage: 8
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/south-sudan
harvest_source: BM
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 08/10/11 00:00:00