Dilling

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
dil
Alternate Names
Delen, Warkimbe
Autonym
Warki
User Population

12,000 (2017), decreasing. No monolinguals.

Location

South Kordofan state: Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified
Dialects

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

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Few domains. Older adults only. Shifted to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Development

Some literacy materials produced. Literature. Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dilling
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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.