| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 30,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Karko, Sudanese Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Nuba people |
The Karko are a sub-ethnic group of the Nuba peoples in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. [1]
They speak Karko, a Hill Nubian language (Sample: "Ambapo ni kitabu chako?" - "Where is your book?").
Most members of this ethnicity are Muslims. The population of this ethnicity exceeds 10,000.