DIL ISO 639-3
Dilling
Warki Autonym
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- dil
- Alternate Names
- Delen, Warkimbe
- Autonym
- Warki
- Population
- 12,000 (2017), decreasing. No monolinguals.
- Location:
- South Kordofan state: Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur.
- Language Status
- 8a (Moribund).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified
- Dialects
- Dilling, Debri. Lexical similarity: 94% with Dilling and Debri dialects; 93% with Kadaru [kdu].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Few domains. Older adults only. Shifted to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Development
- Some literacy materials produced. Literature. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Dilling
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- The Dilling people call themselves Warki; those of Kudur call themselves Kwashe. People of Mandal Hills (Sobay (Sud), Adlan, Bade, Kule, Wulal) used to speak the Kudur dialect of Dilling, but now speak Ama [nyi] and only use Dilling for ceremonies.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: South Kordofan state: Dilling town and surrounding hills, including Kudur.
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