Not to be confused with Murule, an Afro-Asiatic-speaking group in the Horn of Africa.
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Murle people
Regions with significant populations
South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia
Languages
Murle language
Religion
Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Surmic peoples
A Murle woman trying to clear land for Agriculture
The Murle are a Surmic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern Ethiopia. They have also been referred as Beir by the Dinka and as Jebe by the Luo and Nuer, among others. The Murle speak the Murle language, which is part of the Surmic language family. The language cluster includes some adjoining groups in Sudan, as well as some non-contiguous Surmic populations in southwestern Ethiopia.
The Murle are a Surmic ethnic group inhabiting the Pibor County and Boma area in Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan, as well as parts of southwestern...
Murle (also Ajibba, Beir, Merule, Mourle, Murule) is a Surmic Language spoken by the Murlepeople in the southeast of South Sudan, near the Ethiopian...
(and other Nilotic people), the Shilluk people, and Murlepeople, as well as Moslem Arab tribes. Historically, the Shilluk people (part of the Nilotic...
Murle may refer to: the Murlepeople the Murle language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Murle. If an internal link led...
Arabic tribes inhabiting Darfur and West Kordofan, and the Dinka, Nuer and Murle African ethnic groups inhabiting South Sudan. Conflicts have been fueled...
those composed of ethnic minorities such as the Murlepeople who lead the Cobra faction and the Shilluk people who lead the Upper Nile Faction. In a strategy...
motivated. In August 2007, some 80 people were killed in Murle–Lou Nuer clashes. In 2009 alone, some 86,000 people were displaced, and at least 1248 killed...
their families after the war. Among nomadic groups, particularly the Murlepeople, children are abducted in raids against other tribes to be raised as...
beginning of South Sudanese independence, the Anyuak, Jie, Kachepo, and Murlepeople in Jonglei sought greater autonomy from the Jonglei State government...
for short-term benefit only. Among their most regular enemies were the Murlepeople, a rival tribe competing for land and cattle in the states of Jonglei...
defend Nuer cattle herds and for cattle rustling particularly against the Murlepeople. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, they joined the breakaway faction...
tribes in South Sudan such as Murle, Didinga, Tennet and Boya. According to the 1994 national census, there were 3,163 people who were identified as Mursi...
expansion, which eventually led to raids and wars. In 2006 the Nuer and Murle were the tribes that resisted disarmament most strongly; members of the...
offered, and being opposed to the ongoing political marginalization of Murlepeople in Pibor county. The Cobra Faction later signed a peace agreement on...
In January 2022, armed Murle militias attacked Bor Dinka villages in Jonglei State, South Sudan, killing dozens of people. In 2020, the South Sudanese...
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...
Hills, the Didinga, Murle, Tennet and Boya were one group. They lived in harmony in Sudan until a hunting-party dispute caused the Murle to leave. Later,...
at about 30,000 people. The Tennet have an account of how they were once part of a larger group, which also included what are now Murle, Didinga, and Laarim...
executed a disarmament campaign called "Operation Restore Peace" among the Murlepeople in Jonglei state. Amnesty International researchers claim these security...
tributaries. The Murlepeople at one time lived in the Thingaita Valley, but were later displaced by the Toposa. The Toposa people now live along both...
Murle MacKenzie Lindstrom Breer (born January 20, 1939) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 U.S. Women's Open. She competed...
district. They share an administrative district with the Nyangatom and the Murlepeoples of the Lower Omo Valley. This valley is a vast semi-arid region of Southwest...
Narim language, related to that of the Didinga, Tenet and Murle in South Sudan. The people mostly live in the south and west Boya Hills, in the Mt. Kosodek...
Southwest Surmic Baale–Olam Kacipo–Balesi Ngaalam Didinga–Murle Didinga–Longarim Didinga Narim Murle Tennet The Surmic languages are found in southwest Ethiopia...
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...
settling in Ifat. Argobba have historical links with Harari and Harla people. Argobba people consider the inhabitants of Doba their ancestors. After the collapse...
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