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Line 1: {{Short description\|Central Sudanic ethnic group native to Chad, the Central African Republic, and North Sudan}} {{Infobox ethnic group \| group = Sara \| image = Chadgirl.jpg \| caption = A Sara woman \| total = ~46 million \| popplace = The Republic of [[Chad]], the [[Central African Republic]], and the Republic of ~~North~~ [[Sudan]] \| region1 = {{Flag\|Chad}} \|langs=[[Sara languages]], [[French language\|French]]▼ \| pop1 = 5,311,303 (30.5%)<ref name="chad">{{cite web \|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/ \|title=Chad \|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> \|rels=[[Christianity]], Sara animism ([[traditional African religion]]), [[Islam]]▼ \| region2 = {{Flag\|Central African Republic}} \|related=[[Bilala people]] and other [[Central Sudanic\|Central Sudanic peoples]]▼ \| pop2 = 423,281 (7.9%)<ref name="CAR">{{cite web \|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/central-african-republic/#people-and-society\|title=Central African Republic \|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> ▲\| langs = [[Sara languages]], [[French language\|French]] ▲\| rels = [[Christianity]], Sara animism ([[traditional African religion]]), [[Islam]] ▲\| related = [[Bilala people]] and other [[Central Sudanic\|Central Sudanic peoples]] }} The '''Sara people''' are a [[Central ~~sudanic~~Sudanic languages\|Central ~~sudanic~~Sudanic]] ethnic group native to southern [[Chad]]., the northwestern areas of the [[Central African Republic]], and the southern border of ~~North~~ [[Sudan]].<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sara Sara people], Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> They speak the [[Sara languages]] which are a part of the [[Central Sudanic\|Central Sudanic language family]].<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/17/subgroups/sara/ Sara languages], Ethnologue</ref> They are also the largest [[Ethnic groups in Chad\|ethnic group in Chad]].<ref>[https://www.cia.gov~~/library/publications~~/the-world-factbook/~~geos~~countries/chad/~~cd.html~~ Chad: Society and People], CIA Factbook, US Government</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author=Christine Zuchora-Walske\|title=Chad in Pictures\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kkB1GaR2SXEC&pg=PA47\|year=2009\|publisher=Twenty-First Century\|isbn=978-1-57505-956-3\|page=47}}</ref> Sara oral histories add further details about the people. In summary, the Sara are mostly animists (veneration of nature), with a social order made up of several patrilineal clans formerly united into a single polity with a national language, national identity, and national religion. Many Sara people have retained their ethnic religion, but some have converted to Christianity and Islam.<ref name="Olson1996p510"/> Line 25 ⟶ 30: ===In the Central African Republic=== The Sara people make up ten ~~per cent~~percent of the population of the [[Central African Republic]], making it the fourth largest ethnic group in the country. They live in the northwest part of CAR.{{cn\|date=July 2023}} ==Languages== The Sara people natively speak the [[Sara languages]]. This dialect cluster belongs to the [[Nilo-Saharan languages\|Nilo-Saharan]] family.{{cn\|date=July 2023}} ==Religion== The Sara people are mainly Christian and [[animism\|animist]], with a minority of Muslims.{{cn\|date=July 2023}} ==Genetics== Analysis of classic genetic markers and DNA polymorphisms by Excoffier et al. (1987) found that the Sara are most closely related to the [[Kunama people]] of [[Eritrea]]. Both populations speak languages from the Nilo-Saharan family. They are also similar to West African populations, but biologically distinct from the surrounding [[Cushitic languages\|Cushitic]] and [[Ethiopian Semitic languages\|Ethiopian Semitic]] [[Afroasiatic languages\|Afro-Asiatic]]-speaking groups.<ref>{{cite journal\|author=Excoffier, Laurent \|display-authors=etal \|title=Genetics and history of sub-Saharan Africa\|journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology\|date=1987\|volume=30\|pages=151–194\|url=http://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:14816/ATTACHMENT01\|~~accessdate~~access-date=1 September 2016\|doi=10.1002/ajpa.1330300510\|doi-access=free}}</ref> == Notable Sara people == [[François Tombalbaye]], first [[President of Chad]]▼ [[Noël Milarew Odingar]], who overthrew Tombalbaye during the [[Chadian coup of 1975\|1975 coup]]▼ [[Fidèle Moungar]], Prime Minister of Chad in 1993, president of [[Action for Unity and Socialism]]▼ [[Sosthene Moguenara]], Chadian-born German [[track and field]] athlete ▲[[Fidèle Moungar]], Prime Minister of Chad in 1993, president of [[Action for Unity and Socialism]] ▲[[Noël Milarew Odingar]], who overthrew Tombalbaye during the [[Chadian coup of 1975\|1975 coup]] [[Kalthouma Nguembang]], only woman in Chadian National Assembly in 1968 ▲[[François Tombalbaye]], first [[President of Chad]] [[Japhet N'Doram]] [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], President of Central African Republic from 1993 to 2003 [[Martin Ziguélé]], Former Prime Minister of Central African Republic<ref>{{cite report\|author=ETH Zurich\|date=2021\|title=EPR Atlas: Central African Republic\|url=https://growup.ethz.ch/atlas/pdf/Central%20African%20Republic.pdf\|page=341\|access-date= 25 July 2023}}</ref> ==See also== [[Demographics of Chad]] [[Demographics of the Central African Republic]] [[Sara languages]] == References == Line 60 ⟶ 71: [[Category:Sara people\| ]] [[Category:Central Sudanic peoples]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Chad]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic]]