Ding

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Alternate Names
Di, Din, Dinga, Dzing, Idiŋ, Idzing, Kedeŋ-Lesye, Kindinga
Autonym
Kidiŋ
User Population

155,000 (2002).

Location

Kwilu province: Idiofa territory, on Kasaï river.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 71% with Songo [soo], 70% with Iyansi [yns], 66% with Mpuono [zmp], 59% with Ngongo [noq], 51% with Boma [boh].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Kituba [ktu].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].