Dilling

Language of Sudan

Also known as Dilling language

Subclass of: Western Kordofan Nubian
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1.Stated in GlottologRetrieved 2026-01-15
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Dilling is a Hill Nubian language spoken in the northwestern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 12,000 people in the town of Dilling and surrounding hills, including Kudur. Ethnologue reports that Dilling is moribund, with only older adults speaking the language and not using it with their children. All speakers also use Sudanese Arabic. The Dilling call themselves Warki, while the Dilling speakers of Kudur call themselves Kwashe. Another ethnic minority that speak Dilling are the Debri people, an ethnic group of several thousand people from South Kordofan in Sudan.

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UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered
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1.Stated in Red Book of Endangered Languagesunesco.org/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-73.htmlRetrieved 2018-06-24
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Ethnologue language status: 8a Moribund
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/dilRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Sudan
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1.“ScriptSource - Sudan”scriptsource.org/country/SDRetrieved 2023-08-21
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