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ISO 639-3 · nusnus
Nilo-Saharan family

Nuer

Nuer is a language of the Dinka–Nuer branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan and Ethiopia. Wikidata counts about 900,000 speakers.

4 · EducationalLatn900,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nus
Glottocode
nuer1246
Wikipedia
24 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
4EGIDS level

Facts

NameNuer
Also calledNuer language
All speakers900,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Nuer

The branches above Nuer, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

160Nilo-Saharanfamily77Eastern Sudanicbranch46Niloticbranch17Western Niloticbranch7Dinka–NuerbranchnusNuerlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

South Sudan63 languages in the indexEthiopia83 languages in the index

Also spoken in South Sudan

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingpgaJuba ArabicArabic-based pidgin and creole languages · 820,0003 · Wider CommunicationbfaBariNilo-Saharan · 480,0003 · Wider Communication