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👥 An ethnic group 🎉 Relating to culture 🗣️ A Nilotic language
Nuer

Nuer

9.9
The language spoken by the Nuer people in South Sudan and Ethiopia
  • noun
: nuer
  • She learned Nuer to communicate with families arriving from South Sudan.

Examples

  • The university offers courses in Nuer for students interested in African languages.

  • Translators fluent in Nuer are needed to assist refugees in the region.

  • The Nuer language has many unique features.

  • Are you familiar with the Nuer language?

  • She learned Nuer to communicate with families arriving from South Sudan.

  • Translators fluent in Nuer are needed to assist refugees in the region.

  • The university offers courses in Nuer for students interested in African languages.

Surface Forms

Nuer singular
Nuers plural

Etymology

Nuer is the name of the language spoken by this group, and the English word comes straight from the people's own name, much like we say 'French' for the language of France. So, Nuer as a noun means 'the Nuer language'.