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Dinka, Northeastern

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: dip

Population	320,000 (1986 UBS). 7,200 Abialang, 9,000 Dongjol, 2,500 Luac, 16,000 Ngok-Sobat, 20,000 Jok, 13,500 Ageer, 2,000 Rut, 400 Thoi.
Region	South, northeast of the Sudd, both sides of White Nile, along Sobat River.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Padang, White Nile Dinka
Dialects	Abiliang (Dinka Ibrahim, Akoon, Bawom, Bowom), Dongjol, Luac (Luaic), Ngok-Sobat (Ngork, Jok), Ageer (Ager, Ageir, Abuya, Beer, Niel, Nyel, Paloc, Paloic), Rut, Thoi.
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	Some literacy materials produced. NT: 1952.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

DUERKSEN, John L., author. 1989. "Syllable initial ‘h’ in Dinka."

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

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

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

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

Vernacular Publications

Awarek de alatɛɛ ke jieŋ. 1991.