page_title: List of indigenous peoples
section_title: Nile Valley
hierarchical_section_title: List of indigenous peoples / Afro-Eurasia / Africa / Nile Valley
context_page_description: This is a partial list of the world's indigenous / aboriginal / native people. Indigenous people are "those ethnic groups that were indigenous to a territory prior to being incorporated into a national state, and who are politically and culturally separate from the majority ethnic identity of the state that they are a part of". There are internationally recognized definitions of indigenous peoples, such as those of the United Nations, the International Labour Organization and the World Bank.
  This list is grouped by region, and sub-region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region in North America and eastern Russia, or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves.
context_section_description: Afroasiatic speakers
  Egyptian speakers
  Copts (Rem en Khēmi/Rem en Kēme): Egypt, a Christian, largely non-Arabized Egyptian people directly descended from Ancient Egyptians
  Cushitic speakers
  Beja: Northeastern Sudan, between Red Sea coast and almost to the Nile River (White Nile and Blue Nile) eastern banks, Far Northwest Eritrea, Sahara Eastern Desert, Far Southeast Egypt hello
  Berber speakers
  Siwi Berbers: Siwa Oasis (Isiwan), western Egypt, Sahara
  Niger-Congo speakers
  Nuba peoples: Sudan, Nuba Hills
  Katla-Rashad peoples: Sudan, Nuba Hills
  Talodi-Heiban peoples: Sudan, Nuba Hills
  Serer - current habit Senega, Gambia, Mauritania
  Nilo-Saharan speakers
  Eastern Sudanic speakers
  Northern Eastern Sudanic (Astaboran) peoples
  Nubian speakers
  Nubians: Far Northern North Sudan and Far Southern Egypt, along middle Nile river valley banks
  Southern Eastern Sudanic (Kir-Abbaian) peoples
  Nilotic peoples
  Dinka-Nuer peoples
  Dinka (Jieng): mainly in Lakes, Warrap and Unity States, Upper Nile river course, Central and North South Sudan.
  Nuer (Naadh): mainly in Jonglei State, East of Upper Nile river course, East Central South Sudan.
  Luo peoples
  Anuak (Anywaa): mainly East Jonglei State, East South Sudan, and also mainly in Gambela Region, Lowlands of Far Southwest Ethiopia (border areas between South Sudan and Ethiopia).
  Shilluk (Chollo/Cøllø): mainly in North South Sudan, west of the Upper Nile river course, Upper Nile State, South Sudan (Kodok or Kothok, formerly known as Fashoda is in their territory).
  Fur speakers
  Fur (Fòòrà): Darfur, Western Sudan
  Maban speakers
  Masalit: Darfur, Western Sudan
  Kadu peoples: Sudan, Nuba Hills
  Saharan speakers
  Toubou: Chad
caption: Egyptian women in traditional dress
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