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Christianity is the most widely professed religion in South Sudan, with significant minorities of the adherents of traditional faiths and Islam. President Salva Kiir , a Catholic , while speaking at St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba , stated that South Sudan would be a nation which respects freedom of religion .
The official language of South Sudan is English. [1]There are over 60 indigenous languages, most classified under the Nilo-Saharan Language family.Collectively, they represent two of the first order divisions of Nile Sudanic and Central Sudanic.
The Luwo are one of the smaller tribes of South Sudan with population about 171,000. By some accounts, the Luo are the eighth largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They may be found in Aweil , Wau and Tonj states or in Tonj and Western Bahr el Ghazal and Northern Bahr el Ghazal states by the pre-2015 organisation .
Main page; Contents; Current events; ... 25 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "Religion in South Sudan"
Arts in South Sudan (4 C, 2 P) ... Events in South Sudan (2 C) L. Languages of South Sudan (2 C, 58 P) M. Mass media in South Sudan ... Pages in category "Culture of ...
The last census to mention the religion of southerners dates back to 1956 where a majority were classified as following traditional beliefs or were Christian, while 18% were Muslim. [2] The most recent Pew Research Center report on Religion and Public Life estimated that in 2020, there were 610,000 Muslims in South Sudan, comprising 6.2% of the ...
In South Sudan, the languages with the most speakers are Nuer with 1.8 million speakers in 2017, Dinka with perhaps 4.5 million in 2017; these two groups of languages are also closely related to one another, and Shilluk with 920,000 speakers, as of Bari had 420,000 in 2000, and Zande had 350,000 in 1982. Of the Ubangi languages, available ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; ... 9 languages. العربية ... South Sudanese Christians (3 C) M. South Sudanese Muslims (2 C, 4 P)