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ISO 639-3 · dikdik
Nilo-Saharan family

Southwestern Dinka

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

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dik
Glottocode
sout2832
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
4EGIDS level

Facts

NameSouthwestern Dinka

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Nilo-Saharan to Southwestern Dinka

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

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

Countries

South Sudan63 languages in the index

Also spoken in South Sudan

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingpgaJuba ArabicArabic-based pidgin and creole languages · 820,0003 · Wider CommunicationbfaBariNilo-Saharan · 480,0003 · Wider Communication