Nyangatom people

Nyangatom
Donyiro
Nyangatom woman
Total population
30,000[1] (est.)
Regions with significant populations
 Ethiopia  South Sudan
Languages
Nyangatom language
Religion
Christian and Traditional African Religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Ateker people, Other Nilotic peoples

The Nyangatom also known as Donyiro and pejoratively as Bumé are Nilotic agro-pastoralists inhabiting the border of southwestern Ethiopia, southeastern South Sudan, and the Ilemi Triangle. [2] They speak the Nyangatom language.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2007-census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Tornay, Serge (1981). "The Nyangatom: An Outline of Their Ecology and Social Organization" (PDF). In Bender, M. Lionel (ed.). Peoples and cultures of the Ethio-Sudan borderlands. East Lansing: African Studies Center, Michigan State University. pp. 137–178. OCLC 8772514. Retrieved 2016-08-28.