Language

 The Nuer language is one of many languages classified as a Nilo-Saharan language. Nilo-Saharan Languages are spoken in 17 African countries located in the northern regions surrounding the Nile River. Further, the Nuer language is classified in a subdivision of a Nilo-Saharan Languages known as Nilotic Languages. Nilotic Languages are primarily spoken in Southern Sudan and Tanzania and are broken into three subdivisions: Western, Eastern and Southern Nilotic Languages. Of these three divisions, the Nuer Language belongs to the Western Nilotic Languages.  The Nuer language is spoken by approximately 800,000 people, most of whom are members of the Nuer Tribe of southern Sudan and inhabitants of western Ethiopia. The Nuer language is Latin-based and uses a Latin alphabet based writing system. Eleven different dialects of the Nuer language exist including such examples as Cien, Dor, Abigar and Thiang. However, only one written standard is used for all dialects. The Nuer language contains sixteen written vowels, twenty-seven spoken vowels and twenty consonants.

List of Nuer nouns __[]__

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Pronunciation of Vowels and Consonants __[]__


 * By: Adam Hammdorff **