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	Nuer language resources
		During the year, all Nuer tribal political activists and leaders associated with the GPDC on charges of inciting the Nuer students to demonstrate for the use of the Nuer language in schools in 1999...
		NUER NUER, a Nilotic negro people of the upper Nile, dwelling in the swampy plains south of Fashoda and at the Bahr-el-Ghazal confluence, and having for neighbors the Dinka, whom they resemble.
		Nuer Nuer is one of the languages of Somalia.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Nuer.html (1140 words)

	Profile of the Nuer People of Sudan
		The Nuer worldview is built around the herds and prestige is measured by the quantity and quality of the cattle a man owns.
		The Nuer, a tall and very dark people, are related to the Dinka, who live to their west, and their culture is very similar.
		Language: The Nuer language is a Nilotic language closely related to the speech of the Dinka and Atwot.
	orvillejenkins.com /profiles/nuer.html (1613 words)

	The Development of Nuer Linguistics
		The first description of the Nuer language was published in 1912 by Diedrich Westermann, based upon data collected during his stays in Khartoum and at the APM station at Doleib Hill.
		The second, which he recommends, is the IPA phonetic script as "adapted to African languages in the Memorandum on Orthography published by the International Institute on African Languages and Cultures" and which uses "new letter forms instead of diacritical marks" (Rejaf 1928:15).
		Interestingly, there is also evidence that she had refined her phonemic analysis of Nuer since Rejaf, although she cautions loyalty to the harmonized orthography (1929: 3).
	www.dlib.indiana.edu /collections/nuer/edward/linguistics.html (3711 words)

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		His studies of the Nuer (pronounced Nu-er, with the accent on the last syllable) were made in the late 1930s.
		Nuer have often told me that it is God who takes the life, whether a man dies from spear, wild beast, or sickness, for all these are "instruments of God." In the Nuer conception of God he is thus creative spirit.
		Humbleness and humility are very evident on all occasions of religious expression among the Nuer; in the manner and content of prayer, in the purpose and meaning of sacrifices, which are generally made to avoid, stay, or restrict misfortunes, and, perhaps most evidently, in their sufferings.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HUMANITY/NUER.TXT (1302 words)

	Nuer - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Nuer, people of the southern Sudan, who live on either side of the River Nile.
		Among the Nuer of the Sudan, the most perfect sacrifice is the most treasured possession a person can acquire—a cow or ox.
		The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania are the best known of a large number of pastoralist peoples, most of whom combine a semi-nomadic lifestyle with some...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Nuer.html (90 words)

	Nuer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nuer warriors were noted as some of the most skilled in East Africa, with weapons made of fine crafted iron.
		Since the Nuer were so successful at fending off European powers, they spent much of their time interacting with bordering groups like those of the Dinka and Anuaks.
		She found that the Nuer had placed strict limits on the convertability of money and cattle in order to preserve the special status of cattle as objects of bridewealth exchange and as mediators to the divine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuer (752 words)

	Language Log: "In all cases by a possible combination of any of the above"
		I sometimes suspect that English is so popular (and so strongly associated with ideologies of freedom) not because of its status as the world's primary language of intercommunal transaction but simply because it is such a delightful chaos.
		However, some contrary evidence is provided by the failure of the Nilotic language Nuer to become more popular.
		The Nuer (or Naath as they call themselves) have suffered greatly from the genocidal conflict in southern Sudan, which alas is different from the recently-reported genocidal conflict in western Sudan.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001105.html (398 words)

	Nuer
		People living in the marshes and savanna in the Nile valley in southern Sudan, with a population of 1,400,000 (2002 estimate).
		Their lifestyles are semi-nomadic, where they live in villages during the rainy season, but live along the rivers during the dry season.
		The Nuer's religion belongs to the category that is stamped Traditional Religion, and sometimes erroneously Primitive Religion.
	i-cias.com /e.o/nuer.htm (208 words)

	Sudanese Refugees
		Next to the Nuer, the second largest Sudanese population in the U.S. are the Dinka, who represent the majority group in southern Sudan.
		However, rudimentary Arabic language is spoken by almost all Sudanese, as it is the common language of commerce and discourse between tribes.
		Language and cultural obstacles are obvious barriers, but also factors like name and birthdate discrepancies, and the general lack of previous medical documentation, greatly confound the encounter.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Charles_Kemp/sudanese_refugees.htm (3117 words)

	Gambella Region of Ethiopia News July 2002 to Nov 2003 -- Prevent Genocide International
		While the Anuak farmers were disarmed, their traditional foes, the Nuer remained armed and in possession of deadly weapons in the region brining fear to the Anuak population.
		The Nuers nominated their former party’s (GPDUP) secretary (now the chairman), who happens to be also the Regional head of Trade, Transport and Tourism Bureau as well as a member of the Regional and Federation Councils, to occupy the post on their behalf.
		Nuer militias in turn permit the easy flow of arms to Gambella primarily through the Sudanese Nuer who are always at liberty to move back and force across the border carrying out a lucrative arms trade.
	www.preventgenocide.org /africa/ethiopia/gambella/2003.htm (18485 words)

	Language and Communication: A Videography
		Noam Chomsky, noted professor of linguistics, presents a 50-minute lecture on the nature of language, the acquisition of language, the study of language and the inner complex mechanisms of the mind and brain.
		Children's language learning is demonstrated and analyzed, including the acquisition of speech, the ability to use language in a social setting, and reading skills.
		A husband and wife team of sign language educators teach the basics of sign language; they introduce hundreds of words, counting, and fingerspelling, and describe aspects of American lifestyles as they relate to life for and with the hearing impaired.
	www2.lib.udel.edu /subj/film/resguide/linguistics.htm (3573 words)

	Focus on Gambella violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In schools the Nuer language is no longer taught, adding to the resentment.
		Odier was supposed to be a neutral haven for Nuer and Dinka refugees relocated from another camp, Fugnido, which is 100 km west of Gambella town.
		Observers note that both the Anuak and the Nuer were used in the Ethiopian army during the recent border war with Eritrea.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=38798 (1413 words)

	SudanTribune article : White Army declares protracted confrontation against SPLM/A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Specifically, the current genocidal war in the Luo Nuer is not particular about the Lou Nuer, per se, but it is an overall strategy to dismantle the heart of the Nuer power because the grass roots modern warfare strength has shifted to the Lou Nuer from Eastern Jikany (Gajak) in the early 1990s.
		Therefore, any Nuer who envisages killing a fellow Nuer for the sake of positions and money has committed the most unforgivable crime under the Nuer customary law and civil procedure and sin in the sight of God Creator of all things, the Nuer social norms and ethics and the Nuer nationalism and egalitarianism.
		According to the Nuer laws, without the knowledge of the Nuer Language, they remain as visitors (jaal) and foreigners (juor) in their mist accorded every protection similar to the Nuer people.
	www.sudantribune.com /article_impr.php3?id_article=15813 (3773 words)

	Nuer Lanaguage translation and interpritation by Ethiotrans.com we are Native Africans
		Nuer Lanaguage translation and interpritation by Ethiotrans.com we are Native Africans
		Nuer is a language spoken by South Sudanese people.
		Still there is a shortage of Nuer Language professionals and if you have experience and skill please join our team.
	www.ethiotrans.com /nuer1.htm (236 words)

	Nuer Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU)
		Nuer belongs to the Nuer Group, East Sudanic branch of Chari-Nile, and is spoken in Upper Nile Province, the Sudan, and western Ilubabor Province, Ethiopia.
		Nuer is presumed to be a local first language.
		Nuer has a rather standardized orthography, adopted at the Rejaf Language Conference in 1928 and since modified somewhat by missionaries.
	www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/Nuer_root.html (174 words)

	Profile of the Nuer People of Sudan
		Cattle are not primarily for food, but Nuer do drink milk.
		As the rivers flood, the people have to move farther back from the river onto higher ground, where the women cultivate millet and maize while the men herd the cattle nearby.
		Clear presentations of God's working among the Hebrews, first when they were a nomadic pastoral group and then when they became sedentary will provide many parallels which will be meaningful to the Nuer.
	endor.hsutx.edu /~obiwan/profiles/nuer.html (1718 words)

	African Languages African Linguistics on the Internet
		One of its goals is to promote the use of African languages in African intergovernmental organisations.
		Publishes on the "arts and sciences that bear on the language, culture and society of the Dagaaba of West Africa." "Dagaare is the language of the Dagaaba (plural of Dagao), a predominantly agricultural community of approximately one million people located in north-western Ghana...
		"The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa." Maintained by Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/lang.html (6043 words)

	Maryknoll Africa - Pastoral Ministries: Ethiopia
		It was quickly replaced by "Male, Asalaam Aleikum" (Nuer language), and many other languages when Dave Schwinghamer and I traveled 800 kilometers, southwest of Addis to visit Dick Baker in Gambella.
		We left the heat of Dar es Salaam on an early January morning and arrived mid-day in Addis to the cool air of the higher altitude.
		Our second day we traveled to within 30 kilometers of the Sudanese border for a liturgy with Nuer people, some of whom had been baptized by a catechist a while ago and have yet to receive the Eucharist.
	www.maryknollafrica.org /PasEthiopia.htm (507 words)

	NAATH NUER AT LARGE!: HOME OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS!
		In this book we are not describing Nuer cosmology but their political and other institutions, and are, therefore, interested mainly in the influence of oecological relations on these institutions rather than the influence of the social structure on the conceptualization of the oecological relations.
		In describing Nuer concepts of time we may distinguish between those that are mainly reflections of their relations to environment, which we call oecological time, and those that are reflections of their relations to one another in the social structure, which we call structural time.
		Nuer have a proper contempt for Dinka and are derisive of their fighting qualities, saying that they show as little skill as courage.
	www.freewebs.com /dengtaath (11205 words)

	MARC record for Nuer-language version of "Following the Clues"
		Making a doctor’s appointment, visiting a doctor, and finding current health information can be confusing activities for young children and for adults unfamiliar with the US healthcare system.
		These activities are especially difficult for those who cannot speak English and for those new to the English language.
		For further information or to inquire about availability of this film in other languages, please contact: “Following the Clues: A Visit to the Doctor and the Library”, McGoogan Library of Medicine, 986705 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6705, 1-866-800-5209 (toll-free), 402-559-6221 (Omaha metro), askus@unmc.edu
	www.unmc.edu /library/MARC/nuervideoMARC.htm (373 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:NUS
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
		It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
		64,907 mother tongue speakers, 1,122 second language speakers, 64,534 in the ethnic group, 61,640 monolinguals in Ethiopia (1998 census).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=NUS (176 words)

	Wunlit Dinka-Nuer Peace Conference Notes
		The Nuer and the Dinka are one people given their social and cultural backgrounds.
		For seven and a half years now, Nuer have caused wounds and injuries to the Dinka, and for seven and a half years now, Dinka have caused wounds and injuries to the Nuer.
		Normally, in the relationship between us and Nuer, what keeps conflicts from being concluded, is when various pretexts are brought up, saying we must locate the thief, and find the details of the case.
	southsudanfriends.org /wunlit/day2.html (9361 words)

	Latest News 81 -- Sudan & Benin
		In the meantime, however, plans to have the launch of the Nuer Bible in a more important town in the Nuer region were abandoned.
		Nuer is spoken mostly by people in the Upper Nile valley region, which stretches from the White Nile in the west to the Ethiopian border in the east.
		And this end was envisaged when the project was started: to give each Nuer speaker the chance to read the Bible in his or her own language,” he added.
	www.biblesociety.org /latestnews/latest81.html (1267 words)

	MavicaNET - Nuer (Naath) Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catálogo / Cultura / Línguas / Language Families of Subsaharan Africa / Nilo-Saharan / Eastern Sudanic / Nilotic / Nuer (Naath) Language
		A cultural profile of the Nuer people of Sudan.
		The Nuer are a Nilotic poeple whose lives are organized aorund their cattle.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/por/16151.html (79 words)

	Nuer language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nuer language is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Western Nilotic group.
		It is spoken by the Nuer tribe in southern Sudan.
		This page was last modified 01:03, 25 October 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuer_language (67 words)

	Cases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Reprisal killings by nomadic Nuers, now a majority after large refugee influx from war-tron Sudan, killed hundred of Anuaks.
		At the centre of the violence is the projected refugee camp at Odier, once envisaged as a safe haven for all ethnic groups.
		Nuer and Dinka refugees from Sudan to western Ethiopia are pointed to as the reason for successive outbreaks of violence which may have killed hundreds of people in recent massacres.
	www.edcnews.se /Cases/EthiopiaGambella.html (1605 words)

	Search OLAC Archives - Nuer
		All linguists are no doubt familiar with the difficulty of finding information relevant to their research.
		The Open Language Archives Community is dedicated to collecting information about language resources and making it available from a single search.
		description: A page from the Web edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th edition) giving basic facts about the language (including population, location, alternate names, dialects, and classification) with notes on language use and...
	www.language-archives.org /tools/search/?query=Nuer (142 words)

	Nuer Translation Services - Translators English/Nuer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		All translators are experienced professionals that translate into their native languages.
		English to Nuer Translations - Educated, professional in-country Nuer translators translating into their native language.
		Nuer to English Translations - Experienced bi-lingual translators and proofreaders with extensive experience and a confirmed ability to translate effectively from the Nuer language.
	www.greentranslations.com /nuer-translation.html (97 words)

	SDSUniverse \| Walk the Walk and You'll Talk the Talk
		L-R: Mary Ann Lyman-Hager and Betty Lou Leaver, director of the Center for the Advancement of Distinguished Language Proficiency.
		But it is Mary Ann Lyman-Hager’s goal for people to live more than one language, and she believes they can achieve this by learning the language’s culture and history.
		Mary Ann Lyman-Hager is a French professor at SDSU and the director of the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC), one of the first of 14 National Language Resource Centers funded by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Government in 1997.
	www.sdsuniverse.info /story.asp?id=3274 (480 words)

	Sudanese Gospel Resources
		The Nuer Bible is now complete and was due to be launched in early January 2000.
		Designed for young readers (age 9-12), it is a photojournalist's account of her 3 month visit to a school for Sudanese refugees in 1994.
		Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota, by Jon D. Holtzman is an anthropological study of a small refugee community in the USA.
	www.ethnicharvest.org /peoples/countries/sudan.htm (808 words)

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