Runga people explained

Group:Runga
Population:96,000
Region1: Chad
Pop1:66,000
Region2: Central African Republic
Pop2:30,000
Langs:Runga, Arabic, French, Sango
Rels:Muslim

The Runga are an ethnic group in Chad as well as the Central African Republic, in which they are found in the north and northeast of the country. The majority of the Runga are Muslim.[1]

Organization

The Runga are distinguished[2] between the Runga who speak Arabicand the Runga-Aiki who speak Aiki (and often also Arabic). Despite this linguistic distinction, there is a great cultural homogeneity.

Notable People

Notes and References

  1. Collins . Laura . Vlavonou . Gino . 2022-05-20 . A State of (Dis)unity and Uncertain Belonging: The Central African Republic and its Muslim Minority . Islamic Africa . 12 . 2 . 186–210 . 10.1163/21540993-01202002 . 0803-0685.
  2. Web site: Etude anthropologique de l'organisation sociale et politique des communautés en Centrafrique et des organisations à assise communautaire. UNICEF Mendiguren. grupodeestudiosafricanos.org. fr. 2012. 19 April 2018. .