• PEOPLE NAME: THURI OF SOUTH SUDAN

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PEID: 12155

ROP: 102586

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Sudanic

Language: Thuri - (thu)

Alternate Name(s): Jo Thuri, Manageer, Dhr Thuri, Wada

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: South Sudan

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Population: 26,000

Global Population: 26,000


PEID: 12155

ROP: 102586

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources


Overview: The Thuri of South Sudan, numbering 26,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Sudanic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in South Sudan. Their primary language is Thuri. The primary religion practiced by the Thuri is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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