Nilotic

For other uses, see Nilotic (disambiguation)}}}.

Nilotic refers to a number of indigenous East African peoples originating in northeast Africa in the region of the Nile River. Included are groups such as the Dinka, Kalenjin, Luo, Masai, Nuer, Hima, Turkana. Today, Nilotic peoples are found primarily in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Egypt, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Traditional ethnographic literature states that members of these groups descended from Hamitic or Semitic roots and have often a taller and slimmer stature than the average human.

See also: Nilotic languages

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