Reel language

Reel
Atwot
Native to	South Sudan
Ethnicity	Atwot people
Native speakers	50,000 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Dinka–Nuer Nuer–Atwot Reel
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`atu`
Glottolog	`reel1238`^[2]

Reel, or Atwot, is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer. They call themselves Reel; Atwot is their Dinka name.

References

↑ Reel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Reel". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Eastern Sudanic languages

Astaboran languages

Nubian	Birgid Hill Nubian Kenzi-Dongolawi Midob Nobiin Old Nubian

Nara	Nara

Nyima	Ama Dinik

Taman	Sungor Tama

Kir–Abbaian languages

Surmic

North	Majang

Southeast	Kwegu Me'en Mursi Suri

Southwest	Didinga Kacipo-Balesi Murle Narim Tennet

Eastern Jebel

Temein

Daju

Eastern	Liguri Shatt

Western	Beigo Daju Mongo Njalgulgule Nyala Sila

Nilotic languages

Eastern Nilotic

Bari

Teso–Turkana	Karimojong Teso Toposa Turkana

Lotuko	Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko

Ongamo–Maa	Camus Maasai Ongamo Samburu

Western Nilotic

Dinka–Nuer	Dinka Nuer Reel

Luo languages	Anuak Belanda Bor Burun Luwo Päri Shilluk Southern Luo Thuri

Southern Nilotic

Burun

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