Naath

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Naath is the self-designation of the Nuer people, a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting regions of South Sudan and western Ethiopia.

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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 NERFINISHED
anthropology
ethnology
usedInContext Nilotic cultural identity
South Sudanese ethnic identity

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Nuer ethnonym Naath