Jagei Nuer

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Jagei Nuer is a regional dialect of the Nuer language spoken by a subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jagei Nuer canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
belongsToMacroLanguage Nuer ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
culturalAssociation Nuer pastoralist culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
hasConsonantSystemSimilarTo Nuer ⓘ
hasDialectalVariationWithin Nuer language ⓘ
hasGrammarSimilarTo Nuer language ⓘ
hasLexiconSimilarTo Nuer language ⓘ
hasPhonologySimilarTo Nuer language ⓘ
hasStatus minority language variety ⓘ
hasVowelSystemSimilarTo Nuer ⓘ
hasWordOrderSimilarTo Nuer ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
intergenerationalTransmission within Jagei Nuer families and communities ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus under-documented ⓘ
isUsedAlongside Arabic (in some communities) ⓘ
Standard Nuer ⓘ
linked to: Nyuong Nuer
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology tonal language ⓘ
verb-initial tendencies (like Nuer) ⓘ
partOf Nuer language ⓘ
region Greater Upper Nile region (approximate) ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith other Nuer dialects ⓘ
spokenBy Jagei Nuer people ⓘ
a subgroup of the Nuer people ⓘ
spokenIn South Sudan ⓘ
neighboring areas of South Sudan ⓘ
transmission primarily oral ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Nuer language → hasDialects → Jagei Nuer ⓘ