Dilling

DIL

shifting

Alternate Names: Delen, Warkimbe

Dialects: Debri, Dilling. Lexical similarity: 94% with Dilling and Debri dialects; 93% with Kadaru ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern
Nubian
Central
Hill
Unclassified

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.