Nuer

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The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group of pastoralists primarily inhabiting the floodplains of the Nile in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, known for their cattle-centered culture and segmentary lineage social structure.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Nuer people 46
Nuer canonical 43
Nuer ethnic group 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
anthropologicalStudyBy E. E. Evans-Pritchard ⓘ
clanStructure exogamous clans ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
conflictInvolvement Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
conflictResolution leopard-skin chief mediation ⓘ
countryOfResidence Ethiopia ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
culturalFocus cattle-centered culture ⓘ
economicBase cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
seasonal cultivation ⓘ
ethnonym Naath ⓘ
initiationRite forehead scarification ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Nuer language ⓘ
livelihoodRisk cattle raiding ⓘ
vulnerability to flooding ⓘ
livestockType cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
western Ethiopia ⓘ
marriageSystem bridewealth in cattle ⓘ
neighboringGroup Anuak ⓘ
Dinka ⓘ
Shilluk ⓘ
notableWorkAbout The Nuer (1940) ⓘ
politicalOrganization lacking centralized authority ⓘ
populationDistribution major ethnic group in South Sudan ⓘ
primaryHabitat Sudd wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Sudd

floodplains of the Nile ⓘ
region Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile

Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Nuer religion ⓘ
seasonalMovement transhumant migration ⓘ
socialOrganization acephalous society ⓘ
segmentary tribal system ⓘ
socialStructure segmentary lineage system ⓘ
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalDeity Kwoth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuer language → spokenBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Nuer language → hasDialects → Leek Nuer ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Nuer language → isMajorLanguageOf → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Sudd → inhabitedBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Thok Naath → usedBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Thok Naath → belongsTo → Nuer culture ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Jikany Nuer → ethnicAssociation → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Jagei Nuer → ethnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Ethiopia–South Sudan border → nearbyEthnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Dok Nuer → ethnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Lak Nuer → spokenBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Lak Nuer → ethnicGroupAssociated → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Bul Nuer → spokenBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Nyuong Nuer → ethnicAssociation → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Nilotic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Gawar Nuer → spokenBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Gawar Nuer → ethnicGroup → Nuer ⓘ
Gawar Nuer → hasDialectContinuumWith → Western Nuer ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Western Nilotic languages → areSpokenBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Jonglei → ethnicGroup → Nuer ⓘ
E. E. Evans-Pritchard → notableWork → The Nuer ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Greater Upper Nile → ethnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Ngok Dinka → relatedEthnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
subject linked to: Ngok Dinka
linked to: Nuer
Bor Dinka → neighboringGroups → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Naath → refersTo → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Naath → selfDesignationOf → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Naath → usedBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Naath → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
Kwoth → veneratedBy → Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer