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ISO 639-3 · diwdiw
Nilo-Saharan family

Northwestern Dinka

Northwestern Dinka is a language of the Dinka–Nuer branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan. Wikidata describes it as “language of South Sudan”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
diw
Glottocode
nort2816
Wikipedia
4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameNorthwestern Dinka

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Northwestern Dinka

The branches above Northwestern Dinka, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

160Nilo-Saharanfamily77Eastern Sudanicbranch46Niloticbranch17Western Niloticbranch7Dinka–NuerbranchdiwNorthwestern Dinkalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

South Sudan63 languages in the index

Also spoken in South Sudan

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