Reel

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
atu
Alternate Names
Atwot, Thok Cieng Reel, Thok Reel
Population

50,000 (1998). The Kuek and Jikeyi have many monolinguals and are regarded as having the purest form of the language.

Location

Lakes State, south Yirol West county; Ciec Dinka [dib] language area is north near Panekar; Agar Dinka [dib] language area west near Lake Nyibor; Jur Modo [bex] south; and Ador Dinka [dib] east near Yirol.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer, Nuer
Dialects

Cieng Luai, Cieng Nhyam. Lexical similarity 77% with Nuer [nus]; 49% with Dinka languages.

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Reel
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Live among and are culturally Dinka; 100 km from the Nuer, but have common grazing grounds with them. Subtribes: Apak, Luac, Jilek, Jikey (Rorkec), Akot, and Kuek. Ethnonym: Atuot by the Dinka. Cieng Luai dialect spoken by Luac, Jilek, and Akot; Cieng Nhyam spoken by Kuek and Jikeyi.