Dinka language

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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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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
Borghol Dinka
Malual Dinka
Northeastern Dinka
Padang Dinka
Rek Dinka
South Central Dinka
Southwestern Dinka
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 script
ISO639-3Code din
isOfficialLanguageOf some states of South Sudan
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan
Nilotic
Western Nilotic
region Bahr el Ghazal
Jonglei
Upper Nile
spokenBy Dinka people
spokenIn South Sudan
Sudan
usedFor education in South Sudan
radio broadcasting in South Sudan
religious practice
writingSystemBasedOn English alphabet


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