Shuweihat are the members of an ethnic minority in Chad and Sudan, which belongs to the Ja'alin tribal confederation.[1] Most of them are Sunni Muslims. They are considered closely related to the Bedayria tribe.[2] They speak the Sudanese dialect of the Arabic language.[3]

Shuweihat
Regions with significant populations
Sudan, Chad
Languages
Sudanese Arabic

References

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  1. "Sudan Notes and Records Volume 12, 0 1929". p. 210. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. MacMichael, H. A. (1922). A History of the Arabs in the Sudan: And Some Account of the People who Preceded them and of the Tribes Inhabiting Dárfūr: Volume 2 (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-1108010269. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. H. A. MacMichael (1922), p. 202-203.