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![]() Sukuma dancers | |
Total population | |
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10,210,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Languages | |
Sukuma, Swahili and English | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nyamwezi, Kimbu and Sumbwa |
Sukuma | |
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Person | Nsukuma |
People | Basukuma, |
Language | Kisukuma |
Country | Busukuma |
The Sukuma are a Bantu ethnic group from the southeastern African Great Lakes region. They are the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, with an estimated 10 million members or 16 percent of the country's total population. Sukuma means "north" and refers to "people of the north." The Sukuma refer to themselves as Basukuma (plural) and Nsukuma (singular).