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Didinga language information


Didinga
Lango
Native toSouth Sudan
RegionDidinga Hills
EthnicityDidinga (Chukudum, Lowudo)
Native speakers
100,000 (2017)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic?
    • Southern Eastern?
      • Surmic
        • South
          • Southwest
            • Didinga–Murle
              • Didinga–Longarim
                • Didinga
Language codes
ISO 639-3did
Glottologdidi1258

The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is a Surmic 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 Longarim.

The New Testament in the Didinga language was dedicated in March 2018.[2]

  1. ^ Didinga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Didinga New Testament. https://find.bible/bibles/DIDWBT/

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