Dilling
Dilling is a Nubian language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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 12,000 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. Another ethnic minority that speak Dilling are the Debri people, an ethnic group of several thousand people from South Kordofan in Sudan.
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Words in Dilling
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | eli | |
| name | or* | |
| eye | kalti* | |
| ear | ulTe* | |
| tooth | Tili* | |
| tongue | Tale* | |
| hand | iSi* | |
| blood | ogor* | |
| skin | dor* | |
| breast | oki* | |
| liver | hegin* | |
| fire | ike* | |
| sun | ed* | |
| star | ornundu* | |
| stone | kugor* | |
| mountain | kulini* | |
| tree | hor* | |
| leaf | aidaN* | |
| night | kwalol* | |
| dog | bol* | |
| louse | itid* | |
| one | ben* | |
| two | oren* | |
| I | e* | |
| you | a* | |
| we | i* | |
| drink | di* | |
| see | gel* | |
| hear | ki* | |
| die | tirg* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- UncunweeNubian44% alike
- Wali (Sudan)Nubian39% alike
- KarkoNubian32% alike
- Old NubianNubian14% alike
- BirkedNubian14% alike
- SeekuMande13% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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