Naath
E787819
Naath is the self-designation of the Nuer people, a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting regions of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnonym ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Ethiopia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage | Nuer language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Greater Upper Nile region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver |
Baro River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sobat River NERFINISHED ⓘ White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToLargerGroup | Eastern Sudanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | exonym "Nuer" ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
cattle-herding culture
ⓘ
pastoralist traditions ⓘ |
| demographicContext | one of the largest ethnic groups in South Sudan ⓘ |
| ethnicCategory | Nilotic ethnic group ⓘ |
| ethnonymFor | Nilotic ethnic group ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Nuer language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | South Sudan–Ethiopia borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeNameInEnglish | Nuer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollectiveMeaning | "the people" in Nuer self-reference GENERATED ⓘ |
| identityType | endonym ⓘ |
| languageFamilyContext | Nilotic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livelihoodContext | agro-pastoralism ⓘ |
| partOfIdentityNarrative | Nuer history ⓘ |
| politicalContext | South Sudanese civil conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCenter |
Jonglei State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unity State NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Nile State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Ethiopian census and ethnographic records
ⓘ
South Sudanese government census categories ⓘ |
| refersTo | Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnonym |
Chollo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jieng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity among Nuer people
ⓘ
Nuer traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selfDesignationOf | Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStructureContext | segmentary lineage system ⓘ |
| usedBy | Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInAcademicField |
African studies
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ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
Nilotic cultural identity
ⓘ
South Sudanese ethnic identity ⓘ |
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