Jur (ethnicity)

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The Jur (also Djur , Dyur , Giur ) are an ethnic group from Sudan . They speak a West Nilotic language , are Muslims and make a living from raising cattle . They are closely related to the Dinka , Nuer , Anuak and Acholi .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Library of Congress Subject Headings , Library of Congress , 2012, p. 101 limited preview in Google book search
  2. ↑ James Stuart Olson: The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996 ISBN 0-313-27918-7 p. 258, limited preview in the Google book search