Editing Nuer language (section)

==Nuer communities==
[[File:WIKITONGUES- James speaking Nur.webm|thumb|A speaker of Nuer recorded in the [[United States]].]]
There are different dialects spoken by Nuer groups living in various locations in [[South Sudan]]. Some of the Nuer people live in Western Ethiopia. They are called Jikany Nuer. The Nuer of the Upper Nile State are also called Jikany, and those in Jonglei State Lou, Gawaar, Thiang and Laak.

There are also seven counties inhabited by the other groups of Nuer in the western part of the Upper Nile Province currently known as Unity State Bentiu. These counties include:
* Guit County: Inhabited by Jikany kuec cieng community in the eastern Bentiu
* Mayom County: Inhabited by Bul Chol Geah community in the western part of the state
* Rubkona County: Inhabited by Leek community in the northern Bentiu 
* Koch 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internews.org/sites/default/files/HIS_bentiu_wave1_2015-09.pdf|title=Bentiu UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site - Unity State, South Sudan - Information Needs Baseline: September 2015|website=Internews Humanitarian Information Service|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>

Nuer-speaking Sudanese refugees have formed a significant community in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States]].