Jikany Nuer

E247236

dialect variety of the Nuer language

Jikany Nuer is a dialect of the Nuer language spoken by the Jikany subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ variety of the Nuer language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	other dialects of the Nuer language ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Nuer ⓘ surface form: Nuer people
ethnicSubgroupAssociation	Jikany subgroup of the Nuer people ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith	other Nuer dialects ⓘ
hasFeature	mutual intelligibility to varying degrees with other Nuer dialects ⓘ
languageBranch	Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily	Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
partOf	Nuer language ⓘ
region	Upper Nile State ⓘ surface form: Upper Nile region of South Sudan
spokenBy	Jikany Nuer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jikany Nuer people
spokenIn	South Sudan ⓘ neighboring regions of South Sudan ⓘ
usedFor	cultural practices of the Jikany Nuer people ⓘ everyday communication within the Jikany community ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script (for those who write Nuer) ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuer language → hasDialects → Jikany Nuer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lou Nuer

Jikany Nuer → spokenBy → Jikany Nuer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jikany Nuer people

Nyuong Nuer → hasDialectContinuumWith → Jikany Nuer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lou Nuer

Gawar Nuer → hasDialectContinuumWith → Jikany Nuer ⓘ