 A Sara woman | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~6 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| The Republic of Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of Sudan | |
 Chad | 5,311,303 (30.5%)[1] |
 Central African Republic | 423,281 (7.9%)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Sara languages, French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Sara animism (traditional African religion), Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bilala people and other Central Sudanic peoples | |
The Sara people are a Central Sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad, the northwestern areas of the Central African Republic, and the southern border of Sudan.[3] They speak the Sara languages which are a part of the Central Sudanic language family.[4] They are also the largest ethnic group in Chad.[5][6]
Sara oral histories add further details about the people. In summary, the Sara are mostly animists (veneration of nature), with a social order made up of several patrilineal clans formerly united into a single polity with a national language, national identity, and national religion. Many Sara people have retained their ethnic religion, but some have converted to Christianity and Islam.[7]
- ^ "Chad". Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Central African Republic". Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Sara people, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ Sara languages, Ethnologue
- ^ Chad: Society and People, CIA Factbook, US Government
- ^ Christine Zuchora-Walske (2009). Chad in Pictures. Twenty-First Century. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-57505-956-3.
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