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Nuer (African people)

LC control no.sh 85093180
LC classificationDT159.927.N84 South Sudan
Topical headingNuer (African people)
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Variant(s)Naadh (African people)
Naath (African people)
Nuer (African tribe)
See alsoEthnology--Ethiopia
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Ethnology--South Sudan
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Nilotic peoples
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Found inGurtong WWW site, Sept. 1, 2011: (Nuer (Naath): second largest nationality in South Sudan; now dominate large parts of Upper Nile extending from River Zeraf through Lou to Jikany areas on the River Baro and Pibor rivers. Nuer expansion pushed into western Ethiopia displacing the Anyuak more to the highlands)
Ethnologue online, Sept. 1, 2011: (Nuer; a language of Sudan [i.e, South Sudan]; region: South, east Upper Nile Province, upper Sobat River, Nasir, a triangle area formed between Bahr el Zeraf and Bahr el Jebel, up Sobat River across the Ethiopia border. Also in Ethiopia; alternate names: Naath; Naadh)