Dilling
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A language of Sudan
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Delen, Warki, Warkimbe
Population
5,300 (Stevenson 1984), decreasing. No monolinguals.
Location
Janub Kurdufan state: Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur.
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Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Dialects
Dilling, Debri. Lexical similarity: 94% with Dilling and Debri dialects; 93% with Kadaru [kdu].
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Few domains. Only older adults. All also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd], but very few use it with their children.
Language Development
Some literacy materials produced.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
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.