Anfido Sudan 19 -Egyptlan] LANGUAGE ; POPULATION derstood by the Jur and other subject tribes. The Bari language belongs to the Masai group. The dialects of the swamp races are often extremely rudimentary, and seldom contain any abstract terms or high numerical symbols. Among the ironstone negroes the principal tongues are Bongo and Mittu, dialects of the latter being spoken by a large group of tribes. The Nyam -Nyam speak a distinct language, more primitive than Bongo , having no tenses and few expressions for abstract ideas.

(6) POPULATION Distribution The total population of the Sudan was estimated in 1917 at 3,400,000, although the number may be rather higher than this. There are in all about 45,000 foreigners, mostly Syrians, Egyptians, & c., of whom there are some 25,000 ; while there is also a consider able number of settlers from West Africa ( about 15,000 ) . These people first entered the country when on pilgrimage to Mecca, and have settled permanently in the Sudan .

The European element is very small, being in all under 4,000 . A large proportion are Greeks and Italians engaged in trade. The British, outside the governing classes, are very few .

The most thickly inhabited regions are the valleys of the White and Blue Niles , between 100 and 160 30 ' north latitude. Khartum province has a density of 27 per square mile, that of Blue Nile 16, and that of White Nile 12 . Next in order are the Bahr el -Ghazal and Upper Nile provinces with 9 to the square mile , and Nuba Mountains with 8. It is probable ,however, that certain parts of the province of Bahr el-Ghazal such as Bor, in the Dinka country — are among the most densely populated rural districts of the Sudan.