Dilling
A language of Sudan
| Population | 5,300 (1984 R. Stevenson), decreasing. |
| Region | North, Southern Kordofan, Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur. |
| Language map |
Sudan, Enlarged Area, reference number 7 |
| Alternate names | Delen, Warkimbe |
| Dialects | Dilling, Debri. Lexical similarity: 94% between the Dilling and Debri dialects. |
| Classification | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified |
| 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. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | People on the Mandal Hills (Sobay (Sud), Adlan, Bade, Kule, Wulal) used to speak the Kudur dialect of Dilling, but now only speak Ama [nyi] and only use Dilling for ceremonies. SOV. |
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