The Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilotic language family. They are the second-largest ethnic group in South Sudan and the largest ethnic group in Gambella, Ethiopia. [4]

Dec 12, 2025 · Nuer, people who live in the marsh and savanna country on both banks of the Nile River in South Sudan. They speak an Eastern Sudanic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family.

The Nuer / Naath people are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan and are from Ethiopia's Gambela Region. They speak the Nuer language, which …

They form one of the largest ethnic groups in southern Sudan. Their history is connected to that of the Dinka, their neighbors, with whom the Nuer have inter-married when they took over parts of the …

May 18, 2018 · The name is used in both the singular (a Nuer person) and the plural (the Nuer people), but Nuer people call themselves Nath. Along with the neighboring Dinka, the Nuer form a subdivision …

The Nuer live in South Sudan in the swamps and open savanna that stretch on both sides of the river Nile south of its junction with the Sobat and Bahr-el-Ghazal, and on both banks of these two …

A cultural profile of the Nuer. The Nuer are a Nilotic group in South Sudan, living a mixed pastoral and agricultural lifestyle.

Both the Sudd and the Nuer people are primarily located in the nation of South Sudan, although the Nuer also have a strong presence in Ethiopia. According to estimates from the Central Intelligence …

The meaning of NUER is a member of a Nilotic people of southern Sudan.

Jul 11, 2018 · The Nuer live in South Sudan in rural swamps and open savannas on both sides of the Nile River. They are located approximately 500 miles south of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.