The Dinka people (Dinka: Jiɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ) are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan with a sizable diaspora population abroad. The Dinka mostly live along the Nile, from Jonglei to Renk, in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile (two out of three Provinces which were formerly located in southern Sudan) and the Abyei Area of the Ngok Dinka in South Sudan.

They number around 4.5 million people according to the 2008 Sudan census, constituting about 18% of the population[1] of the entire country, and the largest ethnic tribe in South Sudan. Dinka, or as they refer to themselves, Muonyjang (singular) and jieng (plural), make up one of the branches of the River Lake Nilotes (mainly sedentary agripastoral peoples of the Nile Valley and African Great Lakes region who speak Nilotic languages, including the Nuer and Luo). Dinka are sometimes noted for their height. With the Tutsi of Rwanda, they are believed to be the tallest people in Africa. Roberts and Bainbridge reported the average height of 182.6 cm (5 ft 11.9 in) in a sample of 52 Dinka Agaar and 181.3 cm (5 ft 11.4 in) in 227 Dinka Ruweng measured in 1953–1954.

However, it seems the stature of today's Dinka males is lower, possibly as a consequence of undernutrition and conflicts. An anthropometric survey of Dinka men, war refugees in Ethiopia, published in 1995 found a mean height of 176.4 cm (5 ft 9.4 in). Other studies of comparative historical height data and nutrition place the Dinka as the tallest people in the world.

The Dinka people have no centralised political authority, instead comprising many independent but interlinked clans. Some of those clans traditionally provide ritual chiefs, known as the "masters of the fishing spear" or beny bith, who provide leadership for the entire people and appear to be at least in part hereditary.

Their language, called Dinka or "Thuɔŋjäŋ" (Thoŋ ë Muɔnyjäŋ), is one of the Nilotic languages of the eastern Sudanic language family. The name means "people" in the Dinka language.[citation needed] It is written using the Latin alphabet with a few additions.

Kosoco:
They haff long legs

fuckingAyaya:
Even the tallest basketball player in NBA history was from south sudan,but I think he's late Or so.

Augla1:

That can't take them to the gonment!

Opak001:
If you are among the "future is female ",and you are looking for God fearing, dark skin,and most important tall. The location is here.
In oluwa burna voice..beb give me the location and u know the rest...

Easyincome24:


You are a clout. What does long leg got to do with government?
Funny you!

beautyhd:
That basketball pic, I don't know what to say.

See one struggling to get a good high jump to throw the ball and another just with a hand stretched gets the ball to the basket.

Twelfthman:
Sudanese are mostly tall.
Surely a place to visit

Kondomatic:
Imagine say nah Ishlove or Poco pose with these guys.


They will have to either climb the men to get a kiss if they want it, or beg them to bend down or maybe wait until they're abed to sleep

SMH

pocohantas:


Lol. You guys underestimate my size and height.

Kondomatic:
Have we not seen your height and size?

Kondomatic:
Have we not seen your height and size?

pocohantas:

Pictures are deceptive.