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Didinga

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: did

Population	60,000 (2007). 1997 parish survey indicated population of 117,000, but probably included many non-Didinga refugees.
Region	South, Didinga Hills (60 km northeast of Sudan, Kenya and Uganda borders); north of Nagishot.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	’Di’dinga, Lango, Toi, Xaroxa
Dialects	Ethnic groups: Chukudum, Lowudo. Slight differences in speech between Chukudum and Lowudo, apparently mainly phonetic. Lexical similarity: 83% with Narim [loh], 71% with Murle [mur].
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Surmic, South, Southwest, Didinga-Murle, Didinga-Longarim
Language use	All domains. All ages.
Language development	Dictionary and literacy materials produced. Bible portions: 1994–2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Lango [lno] which is related to Otuho [lot].

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ARENSEN, Jonathan E., author. 1983. Sticks and Straw: Comparative House Forms in Southern Sudan and Northern Kenya.  

ARENSEN, Jonathan E.; DE JONG, Nicolaas; RANDAL, Scott; UNSETH, Peter, authors. 1997. "Interrogatives in Surmic languages and Greenberg’s universals."

DE JONG, Nicolaas, author. 2004. "Didinga orthography."

DE JONG, Nicolaas; LOKONOBEI, Lino Locek, authors. 1989. "On the position of Boya in relation to Murle and Didinga."

UNSETH, Peter, author. 1987. "A typological anomaly in some Surma languages."

YODER, Joan Bomberger, author. 2008. "Minority language development and literacy among internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and wartime communities."