The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: DIN
ISO 639-2: din
| Population | 250,000 including 21,000 Atoc, 9,000 Ghol, 4,000 Nyarueng, 35,000 Twi, 21,000 Bor Gok (Tucker and Bryan). 500,000 including South Central (Agar) and Southeastern (Bor) (1982 UBS). |
| Region | Southern Sudan, east of the Nile, around Bor and northwards. |
| Alternate names | BOR, EASTERN DINKA |
| Dialects | BOR (BOR GOK), ATHOC (ATHOIC, ATOC, BORATHOI, BOR ATHOIC), GHOL, NYARWENG (NYARUENG, NARREWENG), TUIC (TWI). |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer, Dinka. |
| Comments | Sudanese Arabic is the second language. Speakers of some dialects also speak Nuer Gewaar and Nuer Lou. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim. NT 1940. |
