Kunama

Location: Eritrea, Africa

Language: Kunama, a member of the Nilo-Saharan languages

Daily Life: The land the Kunama live in has mountains, savannah, and thorn trees. As agriculturalists they produce sorghum, millet, and sesame. They also practice animal husbandry and raise cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and chickens. The traditional religion is Muslim.

Sources:

Lionel M. Bender: Southern Illinois University  http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/0727.htm

Rude, John. New Words, Old Ways http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-kunama.html

http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Erit.html#KUM

Written by: Aaron Schlingmann