Nuer language

E49681
Nilo-Saharan language Nilotic language Western Nilotic language language

Nuer language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nuer people of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nuer language canonical 31
Nuer dialect continuum 3
Standard Nuer 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
Nilotic language ⓘ
Western Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Atuot language ⓘ
Dinka language ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nuer ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Naath language ⓘ
Thok Naath ⓘ
hasDialects Bul Nuer ⓘ
Dok Nuer ⓘ
Gawar Nuer ⓘ
Jagei Nuer ⓘ
Jikany Nuer ⓘ
Lak Nuer ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
surface form: Leek Nuer

Jikany Nuer ⓘ
surface form: Lou Nuer

Nyuong Nuer ⓘ
hasGlottologCode nuer1246 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Nuer ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code nus ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode Glottolog:nuer1246 ⓘ
ISO 639-3:nus ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature number marking on nouns ⓘ
rich verb inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in South Sudan ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order ⓘ
isMajorLanguageOf Nuer ⓘ
surface form: Nuer people
isMinorityLanguageIn Ethiopia ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan

Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilotic

Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Nilotic
primaryCountry South Sudan ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
Upper Nile Valley ⓘ
surface form: Upper Nile region
secondaryCountry Ethiopia ⓘ
spokenBy Nuer ⓘ
surface form: Nuer people
spokenIn Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
western Ethiopia ⓘ
subgroupOf Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Nilotic branch
usedFor education in some schools ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Nilo-Saharan languages → includesLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Eastern Sudanic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Dinka language → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Geʽez script → usedForLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Dinka → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Nuer → languageSpoken → Nuer language ⓘ
Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Thok Naath → refersTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Thok Naath → selfDesignationOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Thok Naath → isEndonymFor → Nuer language ⓘ
Atuot language → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Atuot language → neighboringLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Jikany Nuer → partOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Jagei Nuer → partOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Jagei Nuer → hasDialectalVariationWithin → Nuer language ⓘ
Jagei Nuer → hasPhonologySimilarTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Jagei Nuer → hasGrammarSimilarTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Jagei Nuer → hasLexiconSimilarTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Gambela Region → hasLocalLanguage → Nuer language ⓘ
Dok Nuer → subFamily → Nuer language ⓘ
Dok Nuer → relatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Nuer
Dok Nuer → partOf → Nuer language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuer dialect continuum
Lak Nuer → subdivisionOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Lak Nuer → belongsTo → Nuer language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuer dialect continuum
Bul Nuer → subdivisionOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Bul Nuer → partOf → Nuer language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuer dialect continuum
Nyuong Nuer → subgroupOf → Nuer language ⓘ
Nyuong Nuer → languageGroup → Nuer language ⓘ
Nilotic peoples → speaks → Nuer language ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages → hasMember → Nuer language ⓘ
Agar Dinka → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Thuɔŋjäŋ → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ
Anuak language → neighboringLanguages → Nuer language ⓘ
Anuak language → closelyRelatedTo → Nuer language ⓘ