Tira people

Tira
Languages
Tira, Arabic
Related ethnic groups
Moro

The Tira are a sub-ethnic group of the Nuba peoples in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. The population of Tira was around 40,000 thousand in 1982[1][2]

Language

They speak Tira of the Kordofanian languages group, in the major Niger–Congo language family. They also speak Sudanese Arabic.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Facing Genocide: The Nuba of Sudan". July 1995. p. 345.
  2. ↑ "SUDAN COUNTRY REPORT" (PDF). IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE HOME OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM. April 2004. p. 104.