Cushitic ethnic group in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan
Daasanach
A Daasanach woman
Total population
Ethiopia 48,067 (2007 census)[1] Kenya 19,337 (2019 Census) [2]
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia, Kenya
Languages
Daasanach
Amharic (second language)
Religion
Traditional African religions and Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Nilotic peoples,[3][a] Aroid (South Omotic) peoples such as the Karo,[3] and Cushitic peoples (primarily of the Western Omo–Tana branch)[4]
The Daasanach (also known as the Marille or Geleba) are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Their main homeland is in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, adjacent to Lake Turkana. According to the 2007 national census, they number 48,067 people (or 0.07% of the total population of Ethiopia), of whom 1,481 are urban dwellers.[1]
A Daasanach man
^ ab"Census 2007" Archived February 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, first draft, Table 5. A further 1,469 are recorded as being "Murle".
^"2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics" (PDF). Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ abLópez, Saioa; Tarekegn, Ayele; Band, Gavin; van Dorp, Lucy; Bird, Nancy; Morris, Sam; Oljira, Tamiru; Mekonnen, Ephrem; Bekele, Endashaw; Blench, Roger; Thomas, Mark G.; Bradman, Neil; Hellenthal, Garrett (2021-06-11). "Evidence of the interplay of genetics and culture in Ethiopia" (PDF). Nature Communications. 12 (1): 3581. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.3581L. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23712-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 8196081. PMID 34117245.
^Estella S. Poloni; Yamama Naciri; Rute Bucho; Régine Niba; Barbara Kervaire; Laurent Excoffier; André Langaney; Alicia Sanchez-Mazas (November 2009). "Genetic Evidence for Complexity in Ethnic Differentiation and History in East Africa". Annals of Human Genetics. 73 (6): 582–600. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00541.x. PMID 19706029. S2CID 2488794.
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The Daasanach (also known as the Marille or Geleba) are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Their main homeland is in...
Daasanach may refer to: the Daasanachpeople the Daasanach language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Daasanach. If an...
tribesmen are suffering from the loss of pasture and access to water. The Daasanach share a traditional border with the Turkana. However, the border is moving...
against their enemies. El Molo peopleDaasanachpeople Western Omo–Tana languages The Arbore along with the Daasanach form a branch with the Nyangatom...
languages. The Kalenjin language, along with the languages of the Datooga people of Tanzania, the Maasai, Luo, Turkana, Nuer, Dinka among others are classified...
with these communities over the past 5000 or so years. Arbore peopleDaasanachpeople Western Omo–Tana languages "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census...
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia Dasenech language, or Daasanach, spoken by the Daasanachpeople in Ethiopia, South Sudan, and...
The Harari people (Harari: ጌይ ኡሱኣች Gēy Usuach, "People of the City") are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which inhabits the Horn of Africa. Members of...
settling in Ifat. Argobba have historical links with Harari and Harla people. Argobba people consider the inhabitants of Doba their ancestors. After the collapse...
the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is the homeland of Daasanachpeople. Part of the Debub Omo Zone, Kuraz is bordered...
ago) with other African peoples. It was thought that Hamitic people from Asia Minor had migrated before Semitic Arabian people in the 7th century BC. In...
ISBN 978-82-308-3354-4. Sagawa, Toru. "Why Do People ‘Renounce War’? The War Experiences of the Daasanach in the Conflict-ridden Area of Northeast Africa...
in the northern areas. Among these groups are the Daasanach or Marille, who today speak the Daasanach language. It belongs to the Cushitic branch of the...
reported in this Zone were the Aari (44.59%), the Male (13.63%), the Daasanach (8.17%), the Hamer (8.01%), the Banna (4.42%), the Amhara (4.21%), the...
spoken by the Irob people) Southern Lowland East Cushitic Mainstream Lowland East Cushitic Omo-Tana Arbore language Baiso language Daasanach language (also...
that Cushitic languages were spoken by the people of the C-Group culture in northern Nubia, or the people of the Kerma culture in southern Nubia. Most...
Eastern Omo-Tana. Together with Bayso and the Arboroid languages such as Daasanach, these are known as the Omo-Tana languages. A term "Somaloid" is ambiguous...
Rodolfo area has been defeated with the help of the local population (Daasanach tribe), with heavy losses for the enemy "Bollettino di Guerra" 36 of July...
population is highly diverse, containing over 80 different ethnic groups. Most people in Ethiopia speak Afro-Asiatic languages, mainly of the Cushitic and Semitic...
word is still found include Konso Waaqa; Rendille Wax; Bayso Wah or Waa; Daasanach Waag; Hadiyya Waaʔa; Burji Waacʼi. In the present-day Somali language...
Bodi (Mekan), Muguji (Kwegu), Kara (Karo), Hamer, Bashada, Nyangatom and Daasanach. Stephen Corry, Director of the indigenous rights organization Survival...
reflection of the fact that the Daasanach, like the Nyangatom, originally spoke a Nilo-Saharan language, with the ancestral Daasanach later adopting an Afroasiatic...
was first recognized by Sasse (1974). Other members of this group are Daasanach, Bayso, Rendille, Boni and the various Somali dialects. Omo-Tana itself...
Rendille, Gabbra, Daasanach, Hamar Koke, Karo, Nyagatom, Mursi, Surma, and Molo peoples. For the location of many of these peoples, refer to the dialect...
are used for many things and sometimes classed as clothing. Prehistoric peoples often used natural materials such as feathers, bone, shells, and plant...
Global Information
Ethiopia 48,067 (2007 census)[1] 
Kenya 19,337 (2019 Census) [2]