Dilling

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
dil
Alternate Names
Delen, Warkimbe
Population

5,300 (Stevenson 1984), decreasing. No monolinguals.

Location

South Kordofan State, Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified
Dialects

Debri, Dilling. Lexical similarity: 94% with Dilling and Debri dialects; 93% with Kadaru [kdu].

Typology

SOV

Language Use

Few domains. Only older adults. All also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Very few use Dilling with their children.

Language Development
Some literacy materials produced.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dilling
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

The Dilling people call themselves Warki; those of Kudur call themselves Kwashe. People of Mandal Hills (Sobay (Sud), Adlan, Bade, Kule, Wulal) used to speak the Kudur dialect of Dilling, but now speak Ama [nyi] and only use Dilling for ceremonies.