Nuer-English Dictionary by J. Kiggen (2023 Edition)
ISBN: 9798987935613
NUER-ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Fr. J. KIGGEN remains the most comprehensive dictionary of Thok Nath or the Nuer language ever created. Containing approximately 9,000 Nuer entries, Kiggen’s volume also offers readers a remarkably concise and useful grammatical overview of a language widely regarded by professional linguists as one of the most nuanced and structurally complex languages within the extended family of Nilotic languages. The Nuer language is currently spoken as the first language by some two million people residing their original homeland territories in South Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia as well as by several hundred thousand refugees forming part of a now worldwide diaspora. Out-of-print and unavailable to the public for 75 years, Kiggen’s Nuer-English Dictionary has now been expanded and reissued in an affordable, 2023, paperback edition. Among its unique strengths is the fact that every Nuer noun specifies the singular and plural in three different cases. Every verb is conjugated in five different ways—all of them essential for clear communication. A new foreword authored by Dr. Sharon E. Hutchinson provides a candid overview of the book’s pioneering significance as well as some quirks in its alphabetization choices. This volume will make a worthy addition to many university library collections worldwide, especially those serving linguistic and/or Africanist scholars and students. Many other educational, charitable and humanitarian organizations will welcome its publication, particularly those directly engaged with growing South Sudanese refugee populations in eastern Africa as well as in the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia and beyond.
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ISBN: 9798987935613 (iv + 350 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 in.)
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By Father J. Kiggen
ISBN: 9798987935613
The Nuer language is spoken by millions of South Sudanese, including tens of thousands of Nuer refugees currently living in the USA, UK, EU, Australia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. Thus Nuer-English Dictionary was originally published in 1948 by Rev. Father J. Kiggen. Encompassing more than 7000 Nuer words and over 350 pages, this Dictionary is unsurpassed in quality, scope and definitional detail. Out-of-print and unavailable for more than seven decades, Kiggen's Nuer-English Dictionary has now been republished in a new, sturdy and yet, highly affordable paperback format. This critically important linguistic resource will prove of great value not only for individual Nuer-speakers worldwide but for leading university libraries and educational institutions of all varieties, including local communities library systems and high school institutions, wherever significant Nuer refugee populations may now reside.