Editing Nilotic peoples (section)

===Ethnic groups===
{{see also|Kunama people}}
[[File:Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Maasai people.jpg|thumb|right|[[Maasai people|Maasai]] men in [[Ngorongoro Conservation Area|Ngorongoro]], [[Tanzania]]]]
Nilotic people constitute the bulk of the population of South Sudan. The largest of the Sudanese Nilotic peoples are the [[Dinka people|Dinka]], who have as many as 25 ethnic subdivisions. The next-largest groups are the [[Nuer people|Nuer]], followed by the [[Shilluk people|Shilluk]].{{sfn|Metz|1991}}

Nilotic people in Uganda includes the [[Luo peoples]] ([[Acholi people|Acholi]], [[Alur people|Alur]], [[Adhola people|Adhola]]), the [[Ateker peoples]] ([[Teso people|Iteso]], [[Kumam people|Kumam]], [[Karamojong people|Karamojong]], [[Lango people]] who despite speaking a mixture of Luo words, have Atekere origins, [[Sebei people|Sebei]], and [[Kakwa people|Kakwa]]).

In East Africa, the Nilotes are often subdivided into three general groups:
* The Plain Nilotes speak Maa languages and include the Maasai, Samburu, and Turkana peoples{{sfn|Okoth|Ndaloh|2006|pp=60–62}}
* The River Lake Nilotes include the [[Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania|Joluo]] (Kenyan Luo), who are part of the larger Luo group{{sfn|Okoth|Ndaloh|2006|pp=60–62}}
* The Highland Nilotes are subdivided into two groups, the [[Kalenjin people|Kalenjin]] and the [[Datooga people|Datog]].
** Kalenjin: [[Elgeyo people|Elgeyo]], [[Kipsigis people|Kipsigis]], [[Marakwet people|Marakwet]], [[Nandi people|Nandi]], [[Pokot people|Pokot]], [[Sabaot people|Sabaot]], [[Lembus people|Lembus]], [[Terik people|Terik]] and [[Tugen people|Tugen]] [Keiyo]{{sfn|Okoth|Ndaloh|2006|pp=60–62}}
** Datog: represented mainly by the [[Barabaig people|Barabaig]] and small clusters of other Datog speakers{{sfn|Oboler|1985|p=17}}