The Boya (also spelled Buya; called Larim and Langorim by the Didinga people) are a
Surmic ethnic group numbering 20,000 to 25,000 people living in
Budi County
Budi County is an administrative area of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, with headquarters in Chukudum.
Location
Budi county is derived from two ethnic groups who inhabit the area (Buya and Didinga). It is located in Eastern Equatoria ...
, part of the
Greater Kapoeta region of the
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Con ...
ese state of the erstwhile
Eastern Equatoria
Eastern Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 73,472 km². The capital is Torit. On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 Febru ...
.
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The language of the Boya is the Surmic ]Narim language
Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmic language spoken by the Boya people of the Boya Hills of South Sudan.
Distribution
According to ''Ethnologue'', Laarim is spoken in 10 villages of northern Budi County, Eastern Equatoria
Easter ...
, related to that of the Didinga, Tenet and Murle in South Sudan.
The people mostly live in the south and west Boya Hills Boya may refer to:
*Boya, Western Australia
* Boya, Nepal
* Boya people, an ethnic group in Sudan
* Boyar caste, Boyar caste of India
* Mireia Boya Busquet (born 1979), Spanish scientist and politician
* Pierre Boya (born 1984), Cameroonian footbal ...
, in the Mt. Kosodek and Mt. Lobuli areas.[
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Notable people
* Lopez Lomong, American track athlete and Olympian
* Peter Lomong, track athlete
References
External links
The Larim (Boya) of South Sudan
(Pitt Rivers Museum Photograph and Manuscript Collections)
Ethnic groups in South Sudan
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