Alternate Names: Delen, Warkimbe
Dialects: Debri, Dilling. Lexical similarity: 94% with Dilling and Debri dialects; 93% with Kadaru ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,300 (Stevenson 1984), decreasing. 0 monolinguals.
Language Use: Few domains. Only older adults. 100% also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Very few use Dilling with their children.
Language Development: Some literacy materials produced.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Sudan
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 , and only use Dilling for ceremonies.