Afitti people

Afitti people
Languages
Afitti, Sudanese Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Man pointing to cave in hillside.
Afitti man pointing at the fabled cave of the ancestor Dimbeir.

Afitti is an ethnic group in North Kurdufan, Sudan. They speak the Afitti language, which had 4,512 speakers in 1984. It is part of the Nilo-Saharan language group and related to the Nyimang language. Afitti live in the Nuba Hills, as part of the Nuba people, and most adhere to the Muslim faith.

References

  1. ↑ "Afitti". Endangered Languages project. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via University of Hawaii.
  2. ↑ "SUDAN COUNTRY REPORT" (PDF). IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE HOME OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM. April 2004. p. 88.
  3. ↑ El-Battahani, Atta (1998). "On the Transformation of Ethnic-National Politics in Sudan: The Case of the Nuba People". Sudan Notes and Records. New Series. 2. University of Khartoum: 99–116. ISSN 0375-2984. JSTOR 45439302.