Nuer is a Western Nilotic language spoken by the Nuer people of South Sudan and the Gambella region of western Ethiopia. Speaker estimates vary widely, from under a million to nearly two million, reflecting how difficult census work has been in the region. The language is closely related to Dinka, though the two are not mutually intelligible. Nuer is written in the Latin alphabet using an orthography developed in the twentieth century, with extra letters for sounds English does not have, and its grammar makes heavy use of vowel length and voice-quality distinctions. Civil war and displacement have scattered Nuer speakers into refugee and migrant communities in Kenya, the United States, Australia and Europe. Cattle hold a central place in Nuer life, and the language contains an unusually detailed vocabulary for cattle colours and markings.
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