Dilling (also Delen, Warkimbe; autonym: Warki) is a Hill Nubian language spoken in the northwestern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 11,000 people in the town of Dilling and surrounding hills, including Kudur. Ethnologue reports that Dilling is moribund, with only older adults speaking the language and not using it with their children. All speakers also use Sudanese Arabic. The Dilling call themselves Warki, while the Dilling speakers of Kudur call themselves Kwashe.[1] Another ethnic minority that speak Dilling are the Debri people, a group of several thousands from South Kurdufan in Sudan

Dilling
Warki
Native to	Sudan
Region	Nuba Mountains
Ethnicity	Dilling people, Debri people
Native speakers	11,000 (2012)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Astaboran Nubian Hill Nubian Dilling
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dil
Glottolog	dill1242
ELP	Dilling
Dilling is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Dialects

Dilling has one dialect – Debri,[1] which is spoken on the mountain Gebel Debri, south of Ghulfan.[2]

References

На других языках

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