Keiga Jirru people

The Keiga Jirru also known as Tese, are a Nuba peoples ethnic group in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. Keiga Jirru live northeast of Kadugli and in 1971 there lived around 1,700 thousand of them.[1]

They speak Tese, in the Nilo-Saharan language family. Keiga Jirru live in the Ambong, Lubung and Tumuro areas and are mostly christian. [2]

References

  1. ^ "SUDAN COUNTRY REPORT" (PDF). IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE HOME OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM. April 2004. p. 104. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  2. ^ "عفـوا فإن عدد اللغات الحيـة حسب الدراسـة المنقولـة منهـا هـذه القائمـة هى 134، ولك أستطع تغييـر العنوان". Retrieved 12 March 2026.

See also

  • Index: Nuba peoples



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