• PEOPLE CLUSTER: NUBIAN


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 9

Population: 967,200

Unreached people groups: 9

UPG population: 967,200

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 135,200

Number of countries: 5


Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

Overview: The Nubians are an ethnic group originating in the Nile region that today forms northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Famous for their horsemanship and their skill and precision with the bow, many Nubians were hired by Hannibal during the Punic Wars to fight against the Romans. Arabization accounts for the prevalence of Sunni Islam and is influencing some of these peoples to take up Arab languages in place of their original Nubian languages.

Peoples within this cluster: Midobi; Nubi; Nubian, Dongolawi; Nubian, Fedicca-Mahas; Nubian, Kenuzi

Countries where they are found: Egypt; Kenya; Sudan; Uganda; United States


People groups: 9

Population: 967,200

Unreached people groups: 9

UPG population: 967,200

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 135,200

Number of countries: 5