Culture of South Sudan
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There are over 60 indigenous languages, most classified under the [[Civilization|Nilo-Saharan Language family]].{{Cite web |title=The History of Ancient Nubia {{!}} Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures |url=https://isac.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/history-ancient-nubiaOLD |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=isac.uchicago.edu}} Collectively, they represent two of{{Cite web |date=2025-01-03 |title=Nubia {{!}} Definition, History, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nubia |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} the first order divisions of Nile Sudanic and Central Sudanic. |
There are over 60 indigenous languages, most classified under the [[Civilization|Nilo-Saharan Language family]].{{Cite web |title=The History of Ancient Nubia {{!}} Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures |url=https://isac.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/history-ancient-nubiaOLD |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=isac.uchicago.edu}} Collectively, they represent two of{{Cite web |date=2025-01-03 |title=Nubia {{!}} Definition, History, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nubia |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} the first order divisions of Nile Sudanic and Central Sudanic. |
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In the border region between Western Bahr Al Ghazal state and Sudan are an indeterminate number of people from West African countries who settled here on their way back from [[Mecca]]—who have assumed a traditionally [[nomadic]] life—that reside either seasonally or permanently. They primarily speak [[Chadic languages|Chadian languages]] and their traditional territories are in the southern portions of the Sudanese regions of Northern |
In the border region between Western Bahr Al Ghazal state and Sudan are an indeterminate number of people from West African countries who settled here on their way back from [[Mecca]]—who have assumed a traditionally [[nomadic]] life—that reside either seasonally or permanently. They primarily speak [[Chadic languages|Chadian languages]] and their traditional territories are in the southern portions of the Sudanese regions of Northern Kordofan and [[Darfur]]. |
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In the capital Juba, there are several thousand people who use [[dialect]] forms of Arabic, usually called [[Juba Arabic]], but South Sudan's ambassador to [[Kenya]] said on 2 August 2011 that [[Swahili language|Swahili]] will be introduced in South Sudan with the goal of supplanting Arabic as a ''[[lingua franca]]'', in keeping with the country's intention of orientation toward the [[East African Community]], rather than toward Sudan and the [[Arab League]].{{cite news|url=http://assistamerica.countrywatch.com/rcountry.aspx?vcountry=89&topic=CBWIR&uid=5271402 |agency=Xinhua |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=2013-09-16 |title=South Sudanese still in Kenya despite new state |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411015341/http://assistamerica.countrywatch.com/rcountry.aspx?vcountry=89 |archive-date=11 April 2015 }} |
In the capital Juba, there are several thousand people who use [[dialect]] forms of Arabic, usually called [[Juba Arabic]], but South Sudan's ambassador to [[Kenya]] said on 2 August 2011 that [[Swahili language|Swahili]] will be introduced in South Sudan with the goal of supplanting Arabic as a ''[[lingua franca]]'', in keeping with the country's intention of orientation toward the [[East African Community]], rather than toward Sudan and the [[Arab League]].{{cite news|url=http://assistamerica.countrywatch.com/rcountry.aspx?vcountry=89&topic=CBWIR&uid=5271402 |agency=Xinhua |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=2013-09-16 |title=South Sudanese still in Kenya despite new state |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411015341/http://assistamerica.countrywatch.com/rcountry.aspx?vcountry=89 |archive-date=11 April 2015 }} |
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