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| Nuer Naadh |
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| Spoken in: | southern Sudan, Ethiopia | |
| Region: | Eastern Africa | |
| Total speakers: | 804,907 (Ethnologue) | |
| Language family: | Eastern Sudanic Western Nilotic Dinka-Nuer languages Nuer |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
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| ISO 639-3: | nus | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Nuer language is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Western Nilotic group. It is spoken by the Nuer people of southern Sudan. Nuer is one of eastern and central Africa's most widely spoken languages. The Nuer tribe is one of the largest tribes in Southern Sudan.
Nuer language system
Nuer language has a Latin-based alphabet. There are also several dialects of Nuer, although all have one written standard. For example, while final /k/ is pronounced in the Jikany dialect, this sound is dropped in other dialects despite being indicated in Nuer orthography.
Nuer communities
There are different dialects spoken by Nuer groups living in various locations in Southern Sudan. A Bible in Nuer exists. Some of the Nuer people live in Western Ethiopia. They are called Gajaak and Lou. The Nuer of the Nasir region are called Gajiok, and those in Waat are called Lou. There are also Gaweer and Jikueichieng.
External links
- Nuer Project - copious grammatical notes
- Ethnologue report on Nuer
- OpenRoad page on Nuer (Thok Nath)
- PanAfrican L10n page on Nuer
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