Dok Nuer

E249824

Dok Nuer is a dialect of the Nuer language spoken by a subgroup of the Nuer people in South Sudan and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dok Nuer canonical 1
Gawaar Nuer 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (19)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Nuer language
country South Sudan
ethnicGroup Nuer
surface form: Nuer people
hasFeature subject–verb–object basic word order (as with Nuer generally)
tonal language (as with Nuer generally)
languageCodeStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (likely grouped under Nuer)
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
partOf Nuer language
surface form: Nuer dialect continuum
region Greater Upper Nile
surface form: Greater Upper Nile region (approximate)
relatedTo Jikany Nuer dialect
Lou Nuer dialect
Nuer language
surface form: Standard Nuer
spokenBy Dok subgroup of the Nuer people
spokenIn South Sudan
neighboring regions of South Sudan
subFamily Nuer language
Western Nilotic languages
writingSystem Latin script (via standard Nuer orthography, approximate)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nuer language hasDialects Dok Nuer
Gawar Nuer hasAlternativeName Dok Nuer
this entity surface form: Gawaar Nuer