Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people of South Sudan
"Padang language" redirects here. For the language of Phadāng village in NE India, see Phadāng language.
Not to be confused with Mandinka language.
Dinka
Thuɔŋjäŋ
Pronunciation
[t̪uɔŋ.ɟa̤ŋ]
Native to
South Sudan
Ethnicity
Dinka
Native speakers
4.2 million (2017)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Southern Eastern
Nilotic
Western
Dinka–Nuer
Dinka
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-2
din
ISO 639-3
din – inclusive code Individual codes: dip – Northeastern (Padang) diw – Northwestern (Ruweng) dib – South Central (Gok, Agar, Ciec, Apaak and Aliap) dks – Southeastern: (Bor, Nyarweng, Hol, Twi) dik – Southwestern (Rek & Twic)
Glottolog
dink1262
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Dinka (natively Thuɔŋjäŋ, Thoŋ ë Jieng or simply Jieng) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, a major ethnic group of South Sudan. There are several main varieties, such as Padang, Rek, Agaar, Ciec, Apaak, Aliep, Bor, Hol, Nyarweng, Twic East and Twic Mayardit, which are distinct enough (though mutually intelligible) to require separate literary standards. Jaang, Jieng or Muonyjieng is used as a general term to cover all Dinka languages. Recently Akutmɛ̈t Latueŋ Thuɔŋjäŋ (the Dinka Language Development Association) has proposed a unified written grammar of Dinka.
The language most closely related to Dinka is the Nuer language. The Luo languages are also closely related. The Dinka vocabulary shows considerable proximity to Nubian, which is probably due to medieval interactions between the Dinka people and the kingdom of Alodia.[2]
The Dinka are found mainly along the Nile, specifically the west bank of the White Nile, a major tributary flowing north from Uganda, north and south of the Sudd marsh in South Kordofan state of Sudan as well as Bahr el Ghazal region and Upper Nile state of South Sudan.
^Dinka at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Northeastern (Padang) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Northwestern (Ruweng) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) South Central (Gok, Agar, Ciec, Apaak and Aliap) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Southeastern: (Bor, Nyarweng, Hol, Twi) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Southwestern (Rek & Twic) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
all Dinkalanguages. Recently Akutmɛ̈t Latueŋ Thuɔŋjäŋ (the DinkaLanguage Development Association) has proposed a unified written grammar of Dinka. The...
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also be used: ⟨◌͙⟩. It is widely accepted that the Bor dialect of the Dinkalanguage (also called Moinyjieng) has two distinct voice qualities: modal voice...
the ISO 639-3 language code for Dinka. There are five individual language codes assigned: dib – South Central Dinka dik – Southwestern Dinka dip – Northeastern...
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Uniwersytet Śląski Remijsen, Bert; Manyang, Caguor Adong (2009), "Luanyjang Dinka", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 39 (1): 113–124, doi:10...
syllable (ho-) to be dropped. Apophony (alternating between different vowels): Dinka: kat "frame" – kɛt "frames" English: foot – feet German: Mutter "mother"...
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palatal plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...
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