Economy and Demography
Traditionally the area is known for production of gum arabic. Other crops include groundnuts, cotton, and millet. The main tribal groups are Arab tribes, such as Dar Hamid, Kawahla, Hamar, Bedairiah, Joamaah, and Rekabeiah. In Northern Kurdufan there are large grazing areas used and inhabited since hundreds of years ago by Arabic-speaking, semi-nomadic Baggara and camel-raising Kababish. Nilotic tribes, Nuba, Shilluk and Dinka, also inhabit parts of Kurdufan.
The Kordofanian languages are spoken by a small minority in southern Kurdufan and are unique to the region, as are the Kadu languages, but Arabic is the main and most widely spoken language in the Greater Kurdufan Region.
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