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- Demographics_of_South_Sudan abstract "South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a 2011 population of around 11 million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the community and elders acting as problem solvers and Adjudicators. Today, most ethnic groups still embrace a cattle culture in which livestock is the main measure of wealth and used for Bride wealth.The majority of the tribes in South Sudan are of African heritage who practice either Christianity or syncretisms of Christian and Traditional African religion. There is a significant minority of people, primarily tribes of Arab heritage, who practice Islam. Most tribes of African heritage have at least one clan that has embraced Islam, and some clans of tribes of Arab heritage have embraced Christianity.Linguistic diversity is much greater in the southern half of the country. In the north, a significant majority of the people belong to either the Dinka people (35.8% of the South Sudan population, and primary residents of the historic Bahr el Ghazal Region) or the Nuer people (15.6% of the South Sudan population living primarily in the historic Greater Upper Nile region along with a significant number of Dinka). Both Peoples (tribes) speak one of the Nilo-Saharan languages and are closely related linguistically. Dinka is a standard language in South Sudan; however, its dialects are not all mutually intelligible.Historically, both the Dinka and Nuer have no tradition of centralized political authority and embrace a cattle culture where land is held by the community and livestock is the main measure of wealth. It is common to conduct cattle raids against neighbors. The tribes are fragmented into clans of politically separate communities with customs against intermarriage among clans. Processes of urbanization are a source of significant cultural change and societal conflict.".
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- Demographics_of_South_Sudan comment "South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a 2011 population of around 11 million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the community and elders acting as problem solvers and Adjudicators.".
- Demographics_of_South_Sudan label "Demografia do Sudão do Sul".
- Demographics_of_South_Sudan label "Demographics of South Sudan".
- Demographics_of_South_Sudan label "Démographie du Soudan du Sud".
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- Demographics_of_South_Sudan sameAs Demografia_do_Sudão_do_Sul.
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