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Nuer Alphabet (Latin)

The letters and characters of Nuer written in the Latin script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 711,407 people read or write it across 1 country.

304Fonts cover the standard set
36Standard characters
711,407People
1Countries

Standard characters

The minimal set of characters required for Nuer — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.

LetterNameCodepointsFontsper letter, in order
Aa Ää A U+0041 · U+0061 U+00C4 · U+00E4 136,064 / 135,110 82,764 / 82,682
Bb B U+0042 · U+0062 135,982 / 135,083
Cc C U+0043 · U+0063 135,993 / 135,072
Dd D U+0044 · U+0064 136,007 / 135,110
Ee Ëë E U+0045 · U+0065 U+00CB · U+00EB 136,045 / 135,092 81,469 / 81,480
Ɛɛ Open E U+0190 · U+025B 966 / 913
Ff F U+0046 · U+0066 135,955 / 135,041
Gg G U+0047 · U+0067 135,944 / 135,030
Ɣɣ Gamma U+0194 · U+0263 566 / 479
Hh H U+0048 · U+0068 135,937 / 135,003
Ii Ïï I U+0049 · U+0069 U+00CF · U+00EF 135,906 / 134,997 81,413 / 81,229
Jj J U+004A · U+006A 135,779 / 134,898
Kk K U+004B · U+006B 135,820 / 134,904
Ll L U+004C · U+006C 135,840 / 134,937
Mm M U+004D · U+006D 135,809 / 134,871
Nn N U+004E · U+006E 135,770 / 134,851
Ŋŋ Eng U+014A · U+014B 5,952 / 5,969
Oo Öö O U+004F · U+006F U+00D6 · U+00F6 135,747 / 134,876 82,730 / 82,574
Ɔɔ Open O U+0186 · U+0254 1,248 / 1,191
Pp P U+0050 · U+0070 135,726 / 134,808
Qq Q U+0051 · U+0071 135,653 / 134,746
Rr R U+0052 · U+0072 135,744 / 134,845
Ss S U+0053 · U+0073 135,721 / 134,797
Tt T U+0054 · U+0074 135,769 / 134,800
Uu U U+0055 · U+0075 135,534 / 134,690
Vv V U+0056 · U+0076 135,566 / 134,636
Ww W U+0057 · U+0077 135,522 / 134,664
Xx X U+0058 · U+0078 135,478 / 134,585
Yy Y U+0059 · U+0079 135,463 / 134,648
Zz Z U+005A · U+007A 135,487 / 134,568

Also in the standard set:

̱U+0331̈U+0308

Punctuation characters

The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.

-U+002D‐U+2010‑U+2011,U+002C;U+003B:U+003A!U+0021?U+003F.U+002E(U+0028)U+0029[U+005B]U+005D{U+007B}U+007D

Where Nuer (Latin) is read

Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Nuer in the Latin script. The map is zoomed to the region where at least 1% of a country's people read it; neighbouring countries are shown unshaded for context.

50% or more of the country 10–50% 1–10% under 1% not listed for this language

Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).

CountryEstimated readersShare of population
South Sudan 711,407 5.6%

Nuer (Latin) — facts

Font coverage 304 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 36 standard characters; 304 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026.
Script Latin
Unicode blocks Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, IPA Extensions, Combining Diacritical Marks, General Punctuation
People About 711,407 people read or write Nuer in the Latin script — mostly in South Sudan.

Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.