Didinga language
Not to be confused with Lango language (South Sudan) or Lango language (Uganda).
| Didinga | |
|---|---|
| Lango | |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Region | Didinga Hills |
| Ethnicity | Didinga (Chukudum, Lowudo) |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2007)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
did |
| Glottolog |
didi1258[2] |
The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Chukudum and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of South Sudan. It is classified as a member of the southwest branch Surmic languages (Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Narim.
References
- ↑ Didinga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Didinga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Relevant literature
- De Jong, N., 2001. The ideophone in Didinga. Typological studies in language 44, pp.121-138.
- Fleming, Harold. 1983. "Surmic etymologies," in Nilotic Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Languages and History of the Nilotic Peoples, Rainer Vossen and Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst, 524–555. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
- Odden, David. 1983. Aspects of Didinga phonology and morphology. Nilo-Saharan language studies, pp.148-176.
External links
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