The Danagla (, "People of
Dongola") are a tribe in northern
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
of partial
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
descent, primarily settling between the
third Nile cataract and
al Dabbah. Along with Kenzi, Fadicca, Halfawi, Sikot, and
Mahas, they form a significant part of the
Sudanese Arabs. In addition, they have historically lived in proximity to their
Shaigiya and
Ja'alin neighbors. They speak
Sudanese Arabic, although the Nubian language of
Dongolawi was spoken in northern Sudan. It is still spoken by a minority of the population alongside the Sudanese Arabic dialect.
Genetics
According to Y-DNA analysis by Hassan et al (2008), around 44% of Nubians and Danaglas generally in Sudan carry the
haplogroup J in individually varied but rather small percentages. The remainder mainly belong to the
E1b1b clade (23%). Both paternal lineages are also common among local
Afroasiatic-speaking populations.
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Arabs in Sudan
Tribes of Sudan