County: Inhabited by Jagei community in the central Bentiu Mayiandit County: Inhabited by Haak Bakol-kuoth community in the far south-western part of the state, they are also known as Gatbakol-kuoth. Leer County: Inhabited by Dok community in the southern part of the state. Payinjiar county:Inhabited by Nyuong community in the far southern part of the state. Among the 120,000 people at the United Nations Protection of Civilians Site Bentiu, Nuer is the preferred language for radio and news. Nuer-speaking Sudanese refugees have formed a significant community in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Sample phrases Nuer: Naath dial diethɛ kɛ a lɔr kä päärkɛ kɛ ciaŋ malä a mäni cuŋkiɛn. Tekɛ kɛ ca̱r kɛnɛ nhök ti de lät kɛ raan kɛ dämaan a gɔa. English: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Writing system The alphabet of Nuer uses 39 distinct letters, shown below in uppercase (majuscule) and lowercase (minuscule) styles. A line under a vowel, like a̱, means that it is pronounced with breathy voice. The vowels ä, u, and final i are always breathy. A doubled vowel, like in the word raan (person), means that vowel is long. Nuer does have tone, but tone-based contrasts are not common. History The writing system was adopted in 1928 with minor changes being added over the history of the language. Both the Dinka and the Nuer agreed that their languages were so different that they could never share written languages, but they did come up with several common principles. final interdental consonants would always be represented as th. all voiceless alveolo-palatal consonants would be represented as c. the finalized Nuer alphabet consists of the following characters, which are equivalent to the phonemes of the Nuer language: d, k, l, m, n, p, t, w, g, j, r, y, ŋ, ny, th, dh, nh, ɣ, c, a, e, i, o, u, ö Language families The Nuer language belongs to the following language families, going from smallest to largest. Dinka-Nuer languages Western Nilotic languages Nilotic languages Kir–Abbaian languages Eastern Sudanic languages Nilo-Saharan languages See also Dinka language Nuer people Dinka people Western Nilotic languages Nilotic languages References External links Nuer Project - copious grammatical notes Nuer Lexicon an interactive online dictionary of Nuer