Gumuz people

Gumuz
Total population
250,000
Regions with significant populations
 Ethiopia159,418[1]
 Sudan88,000[2]
Languages
Gumuz
Dialects
Disoha (Desua), Dakunza (Degoja, Dukunza, Gunza, Ganza, Dukuna, Dugunza), Sai, Sese (Saysay), Dekoka, Dewiya, Kukwaya, Gombo, Jemhwa, Modea:
151,000[3]
Religion
Predominately traditional faith; minority Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Gule, Kwama, Shita, Uduk, Komo

The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan. They speak the Gumuz language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family.[citation needed] The Gumuz number around 250,000 individuals.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Census 2007" Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5.
  2. ^ "Gumuz". Ethnologue. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Ethnologue"