Dilling language
| Dilling | |
|---|---|
| Warki | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Mountains |
Native speakers | 11,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dil |
| Glottolog | dill1242 |
| ELP | Dilling |
Dilling (also Delen, Warkimbe; autonym: Warki) is a Hill Nubian language spoken in the northwestern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 11,000 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.[1]
Dialects
Dilling has one dialect – Debri,[1] which is spoken on the mountain Gebel Debri, south of Ghulfan.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Dilling". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ Rilly, Claude; Voogt, Alex de (2012-08-27). The Meroitic Language and Writing System. Cambridge University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9781139560535.