Didinga language
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| Didinga | |
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| Lango | |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Region | Didinga Hills |
| Ethnicity | Didinga (Chukudum, Lowudo) |
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Native speakers
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60,000 (2007)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | did |
| Glottolog | didi1258[2] |
The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Chukudum and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of South Sudan. It is classified as a member of the southwest branch Surmic languages (Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Narim.
References
- ↑ Didinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- Fleming, Harold. 1983. "Surmic etymologies," in Nilotic Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Languages and History of the Nilotic Peoples, Rainer Vossen and Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst, 524–555. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
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