Jagei Nuer

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Jagei Nuer is a regional dialect of the Nuer language spoken by a subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan and neighboring areas.

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Label Occurrences
Jagei Nuer canonical 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
belongsToMacroLanguage Nuer
country South Sudan
culturalAssociation Nuer pastoralist culture
ethnicGroup Nuer
surface form: Nuer people
hasConsonantSystemSimilarTo Nuer
hasDialectalVariationWithin Nuer language
hasGrammarSimilarTo Nuer language
hasLexiconSimilarTo Nuer language
hasPhonologySimilarTo Nuer language
hasStatus minority language variety
hasVowelSystemSimilarTo Nuer
hasWordOrderSimilarTo Nuer
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
intergenerationalTransmission within Jagei Nuer families and communities
isEndangeredStatus under-documented
isUsedAlongside Arabic (in some communities)
Nyuong Nuer
surface form: Standard Nuer
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
languageSubfamily Western Nilotic languages
linguisticTypology tonal language
verb-initial tendencies (like Nuer)
partOf Nuer language
region Greater Upper Nile
surface form: Greater Upper Nile region (approximate)
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith other Nuer dialects
spokenBy Jagei Nuer people
a subgroup of the Nuer people
spokenIn South Sudan
neighboring areas of South Sudan
transmission primarily oral
usedFor everyday communication
local cultural practices
oral tradition

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Nuer language hasDialects Jagei Nuer