 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 250,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Ethiopia | 159,418[1] |
 Sudan | 88,000[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]
- ^ "Census 2007" Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5.
- ^ "Gumuz". Ethnologue. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Ethnologue"