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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: DIW
ISO 639-2: din
| Population | 80,000 Ruweng (1986). |
| Region | Southern Sudan, north of the Bahr el Ghazal River, and southern Kordofan around Abyei. |
| Dialects | ALOR, NGOK-KORDOFAN, PAN ARU, RUWENG. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer, Dinka. |
| Comments | A separate language from other Dinka (J. Duerksen SIL). 88% lexical similarity with Southwestern Dinka and Southeastern Dinka, 84% with South Central Dinka. |
