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Dinka, South Central

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: dib

Population  250,000. 2,000 Aker, 2,000 Thany, 22,000 Ciec, 25,000 Gok (Tucker and Bryan 1956). Total Dinka 2,000,000 or more.
Region  South, west of the Nile, south of the Sudd. Aker is southeast of Agar; Aliap south of Bor [dks] in fishing villages mainly on Nile east bank; Ciec in Lakes District on Nile west bank; Gok between Agar and Rek [dik] in Jur River and Lakes districts.
Language map  Sudan
Alternate names   Agar, Central Dinka
Dialects  Aliap (Aliab, Thany, Aker), Ciec (Ciem, Cic, Chiech, Kwac, Ajak, Ador), Gok (Gauk, Cok), Agar. The Gok dialect influenced by Southwestern Dinka [dik] with Arabic loans; Agar being accepted as educational standard for South Central Dinka [dib].
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer, Dinka
A member of macrolanguage Dinka [din] (Sudan).
Language use  All domains. All ages.
Language development  Bible portions: 1866–1916.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Pastoralists; agriculturalists: grain, corn, peanuts, beans.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DUERKSEN, John L., author. 2004. "Dinka-Nuer orthographies."

GILLEY, Leoma G., author. 2004. Morphophonemic orthographies in fusional languages: the cases of Dinka and Shilluk.  Available online

ROETTGER, Larry; ROETTGER, Lisa, authors. 1989. "A Dinka dialect study."

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka Agaar and Bor melodies and music testing DS-57-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka Agaar songs DS-47-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka Agaar songs DS-58-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka Agaar/Ciec Episcopal church songs DS-46-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka church music DS-45-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Dinka Ciec songs DS-69-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Jieng youth service - part 1 DS-41-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Jieng youth service - part 3 DS-43-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. Jieng youth service: part 2 DS-42-pres.

SHALER, Dorothy, recorder. 2012. South Dinka songs DS-60-pres.

WATSON, Richard L.; WISE, Mary Ruth, editors. 1989. Occasional papers in the study of Sudanese languages no. 6.

Vernacular Publications

Cïït ke gɔ̈t: Yenë ke ka cïke gɔ̈ɔ̈r tɛ̈ɛ̈k yiic. 2005.