Dinka language

E60468

Nilo-Saharan language Nilotic language Western Nilotic language language

The Dinka language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Dinka people of South Sudan, known for its complex system of tones and vowel lengths.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Dinka language canonical	17
Northeastern Dinka	2
Northern Dinka dialect cluster	1
Padang dialect of Dinka	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Nilotic language ⓘ Western Nilotic language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Atuot language ⓘ Nuer language ⓘ
glottologCode	dink1262 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Thuongjang ⓘ Thuɔŋjäŋ ⓘ
hasDialect	Agar Dinka ⓘ Dinka ⓘ surface form: Borghol Dinka Dinka ⓘ surface form: Malual Dinka Dinka language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Dinka Padang Dinka ⓘ Dinka ⓘ surface form: Rek Dinka Dinka ⓘ surface form: South Central Dinka Dinka ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Dinka Dinka ⓘ surface form: Twic Dinka
hasFeature	advanced tongue root vowel contrast ⓘ complex tone system ⓘ noun number marking ⓘ phonemic vowel length ⓘ rich vowel inventory ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ verbal aspect marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalContrast	breathy voice vowels ⓘ falling tone ⓘ high tone ⓘ low tone ⓘ modal voice vowels ⓘ rising tone ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3Code	din ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf	some states of South Sudan ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ surface form: Nilo-Saharan Nilotic languages ⓘ surface form: Nilotic Western Nilotic languages ⓘ surface form: Western Nilotic
region	Bahr el Ghazal ⓘ Jonglei ⓘ Upper Nile Valley ⓘ surface form: Upper Nile
spokenBy	Dinka people ⓘ
spokenIn	South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
usedFor	education in South Sudan ⓘ radio broadcasting in South Sudan ⓘ religious practice ⓘ
writingSystemBasedOn	English alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sudanese Arabic → influencedBy → Dinka language ⓘ

Nilo-Saharian phylum → includesLanguage → Dinka language ⓘ

subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum

Nuer language → closelyRelatedTo → Dinka language ⓘ

Eastern Sudanic languages → hasNotableLanguage → Dinka language ⓘ

Dinka language → hasDialect → Dinka language self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Dinka

Dinka people → language → Dinka language ⓘ

Dinka → hasDialects → Dinka language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northeastern Dinka

Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Dinka language ⓘ

Atuot language → closelyRelatedTo → Dinka language ⓘ

Atuot language → neighboringLanguage → Dinka language ⓘ

Nilotic peoples → speaks → Dinka language ⓘ

Gawar Nuer → closelyRelatedTo → Dinka language ⓘ

Western Nilotic languages → hasMember → Dinka language ⓘ

Padang Dinka → partOf → Dinka language ⓘ

Padang Dinka → isSubgroupDialectOf → Dinka language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Dinka dialect cluster

Padang Dinka → hasAlternativeName → Dinka language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Padang dialect of Dinka

Agar Dinka → partOf → Dinka language ⓘ

Thuɔŋjäŋ → endonymFor → Dinka language ⓘ

Thuɔŋjäŋ → hasAlternativeName → Dinka language ⓘ

Anuak language → neighboringLanguages → Dinka language ⓘ

Anuak language → closelyRelatedTo → Dinka language ⓘ