Rek people

"Rek" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Rek, Iran (disambiguation).

The Rek is an ethnic group in South Sudan, a subgroup of the Dinka.[1] Its members speak South-Western Dinka, also called Rek, a Nilotic language. Many members of this ethnicity are Christians. Some estimates put the Rek population at or exceeding 500,000 people.

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