Dilling language

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The Dilling language is a Kadu (Kadugli) language spoken by the Dilling people in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dilling people 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kadu language
Kadugli language
language
alternateName Delen NERFINISHED
Dilling NERFINISHED
belongsTo Nuba Mountains languages NERFINISHED
classificationDebate sometimes classified with Nilo-Saharan languages
sometimes treated as language isolate group (Kadu) within Sudan
contactWith Sudanese Arabic NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Sudan
countryOfficialLanguageOfSpeakers Arabic (Sudan)
ethnicGroup Dilling people NERFINISHED
glottocode dill1238
hasAncestor Proto-Kadu NERFINISHED
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasGlottologEntry yes
hasLinguisticFeature consonant–vowel syllable structure
tone language
hasNativeSpeakersIn South Kordofan state NERFINISHED
hasUsageDomain home
local community
ISO639-3 dil
languageFamily Kadu languages
primaryArea South Kordofan NERFINISHED
region Nuba Mountains region of Sudan NERFINISHED
regionType mountainous area
relatedTo Kadugli language NERFINISHED
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri language NERFINISHED
Krongo language
spokenAround town of Dilling
spokenBy Dilling people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Nuba Mountains NERFINISHED
Sudan
status minority language
vulnerable language
subfamily Northern Kadu NERFINISHED
threatenedBy Arabic language dominance
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Kadu languages hasMemberLanguage Dilling language
Nuba peoples hasSubgroup Dilling language
this entity surface form: Dilling people