Anuak people
The Anyuak, also known as Anyuaa and Anywaa, are a Luo Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting parts of East Africa. The Anuak belong to the larger Luo family group. Their language is referred to as Dha-Anywaa. They primarily reside in the Gambela Region of western Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Group members number between 200,000 and 300,000 people worldwide. Many of the Anyuak people now follow Christianity. It is one of the first of the Nilotic groups to become almost entirely Christian, following the Shilluk people.
Anywaak children in Dimma, Ethiopia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 250,000-300,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| East Africa (mainly in Gambela Ethiopia, and South Sudan) | |
| Ethiopia | 89,000 (2007 census) |
| South Sudan | 165,000 (2008 census) |
| Languages | |
| Dha Anywaa | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Acholi, Shilluk, other Luo peoples, other Nilotic peoples | |
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