Surma people
Grouping term for ethnic people resides in southwestern Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Total population | |
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'Surmic' speakers: 80,000 (1998), 186,875 (2007) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
southwestern Ethiopia, South Sudan | |
Languages | |
Suri, Mursi, Me'en, Kwegu | |
Religion | |
Animism, minority Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Surmic peoples |
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