Murle people
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Not to be confused with Murule, an Afro-Asiatic-speaking group in the Horn of Africa.
The Murle are a Surmic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern Ethiopia. They have also been referred as Beir by the Dinka and as Jebe by the Luo and Nuer, among others. The Murle speak the Murle language, which is part of the Surmic language family. The language cluster includes some adjoining groups in Sudan, as well as some non-contiguous Surmic populations in southwestern Ethiopia.
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South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia | |
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Murle language | |
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Animism, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Surmic peoples |
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