The Nuer language is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Western Nilotic group. It is spoken by the Nuer tribe in southern Sudan.
Numbers
(taken from an interview with my sister, with whom I'm working on mathematics with) (this is pretty raw, and is probably not accurate)
0 bang (nothing)
1 Kel
2 rraoe
3 diok
4 nuan
5 deh
6 bakel
7 baraw
8 baduk
9 bungwan
10 wal
11 walkel
12
13 waldiok
what's 20?
20 genarrow
21 genarrow wu de kel
30 gendiok
40 gennuan
50 gendeh
100 walkel
200 kudarwo
300 kudiok
1000, kiskel
2000, kina (da?) raow
3000
10,000 kinu wall
20,000 kine te ge rao
30,000 kine diok
40,000 kine duan
100,000 kini te gen(da) rao ???
200,000 pu da rao [kini te gen(a) rao ???]
300,000 pu diok
(a million is a thousand thousand)
1,000,000 ??
how do I say multiply?
tzan cable
what does da mean?
raoe times diok is bakel
maken (times table) (fold clothes)
how do i say add?
moke (moke ) take away with a knife
(how do you spell knife??)
remember it starts with a silent k!
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