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.jpg) Anywaak children in Dimma, Ethiopia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 250,000-300,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| East Africa (mainly in Gambela Ethiopia, and South Sudan) | |
 Ethiopia | 89,000 (2007 census)[2] |
 South Sudan | 165,000 (2008 census)[3] |
| Languages | |
| Dha Anywaa | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Traditional African religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Acholi, Shilluk, other Luo peoples, other Nilotic peoples | |
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.[4] 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.
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- ^ "Anuak". Minority Rights Group. June 19, 2015.
- ^ "The Anyuak Kingdom". Sudan Tribune. October 31, 2016.
- ^ Anuak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2019)