Eastern Sudanic family
Nuer
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Nuer (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Eastern Sudanic language. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nilotic → Proto-Western Nilotic → Nuer.
See Nuer on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- nus
- Glottocode
- nuer1246
Western Nilotic language of South Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming the Dinka–Nuer subgroup with Dinka.
Lineage
- Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
- Proto-Niloticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Western Niloticc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
- Nuerc. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Western Nilotic.