Nuer
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The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuer canonical | 17 |
| Nuer people | 15 |
| Leek Nuer | 1 |
| Nuer culture | 1 |
| Western Nuer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1974539 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nuer Context triple: [South Sudan, mainEthnicGroup, Nuer]
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Ngäbe people
The Ngäbe people are an Indigenous group of Central America, primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and subsistence farming culture.
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Dinka people
The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, known for their pastoralist traditions, cattle culture, and significant role in the country’s history and society.
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C.
Ngada people
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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D.
Kichwa people
The Kichwa people are an Indigenous group of the Andes and Amazon regions, primarily in Ecuador and neighboring countries, known for their Quechuan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and rich communal cultural practices.
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E.
Ndyuka people
The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nuer Target entity description: The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.
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A.
Ngäbe people
The Ngäbe people are an Indigenous group of Central America, primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and subsistence farming culture.
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B.
Dinka people
The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, known for their pastoralist traditions, cattle culture, and significant role in the country’s history and society.
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C.
Ngada people
The Ngada people are an indigenous ethnic group of central Flores in Indonesia, known for their megalithic villages, matrilineal traditions, and distinctive ritual practices.
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D.
Kichwa people
The Kichwa people are an Indigenous group of the Andes and Amazon regions, primarily in Ecuador and neighboring countries, known for their Quechuan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and rich communal cultural practices.
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E.
Ndyuka people
The Ndyuka people are a Maroon community in eastern Suriname and French Guiana, descended from escaped African slaves and known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilotic people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| anthropologicalStudyBy | E. E. Evans-Pritchard ⓘ |
| clanStructure | exogamous clans ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ |
| conflictInvolvement |
Second Sudanese Civil War
ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ |
| conflictResolution | leopard-skin chief mediation ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ |
| culturalFocus | cattle-centered culture ⓘ |
| economicBase |
cattle herding
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ seasonal cultivation ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Naath ⓘ |
| initiationRite | forehead scarification ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilotic languages
ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Nuer language ⓘ |
| livelihoodRisk |
cattle raiding
ⓘ
vulnerability to flooding ⓘ |
| livestockType |
cattle
ⓘ
goats ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Africa
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ western Ethiopia ⓘ |
| marriageSystem | bridewealth in cattle ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Anuak
ⓘ
Dinka ⓘ Shilluk ⓘ |
| notableWorkAbout | The Nuer (1940) ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | lacking centralized authority ⓘ |
| populationDistribution | major ethnic group in South Sudan ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat |
Sudd
ⓘ
surface form:
Sudd wetlands
floodplains of the Nile ⓘ |
| region |
Greater Upper Nile
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan
Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Nile region
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Nuer religion ⓘ |
| seasonalMovement | transhumant migration ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
acephalous society
ⓘ
segmentary tribal system ⓘ |
| socialStructure | segmentary lineage system ⓘ |
| subsistenceType |
agro-pastoralism
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| traditionalDeity | Kwoth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Nuer Description of subject: The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.