Dinka

E175971

Dinka is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Dinka people of South Sudan.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Dinka canonical 39
Malual Dinka 3
Borghol Dinka 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language ⓘ
Southern Luo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Atuot language ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
Shilluk language ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
ethnologueEntry Dinka ⓘ
hasDialects Agar Dinka ⓘ
Borghol Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka

Northeastern Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka language

Padang Dinka ⓘ
Rek Dinka ⓘ
South Central Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka

Southwestern Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka people

Twic Dinka ⓘ
hasGlottocode dink1262 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code none ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code din ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code din ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType fusional ⓘ
tonal morphology ⓘ
hasNativeName Thuɔŋjäŋ ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ
tonal distinctions ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageBranch Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
languageGroup Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Dinka people ⓘ
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
region Bahr el Ghazal ⓘ
Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
Jonglei State ⓘ
Lakes State ⓘ
spokenBy Dinka people ⓘ
spokenIn South Sudan ⓘ
status majority language in South Sudan ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of South Sudan ⓘ
usedIn education in South Sudan ⓘ
local media in South Sudan ⓘ
usesDiacriticsFor tone ⓘ
vowel quality ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dinka language → hasDialect → Rek Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka language → hasDialect → Borghol Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka language → hasDialect → Malual Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka language → hasDialect → Twic Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka language → hasDialect → South Central Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka language → hasDialect → Southwestern Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dina → hasDiminutiveForm → Dinka ⓘ
Dinka people → ethnonym → Dinka ⓘ
John Garang → ethnicity → Dinka ⓘ
subject linked to: Dinka people
Salva Kiir Mayardit → ethnicity → Dinka ⓘ
subject linked to: Dinka people
Dinka → hasDialects → Borghol Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka → hasDialects → South Central Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Dinka → ethnologueEntry → Dinka ⓘ
Nuer → neighboringGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Shilluk → neighboringGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Francis Deng → ethnicGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Padang Dinka → closelyRelatedTo → Malual Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Thuɔŋjäŋ → hasDialects → Ngök Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Jonglei → ethnicGroup → Dinka ⓘ
John Garang → ethnicGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Jieng → hasExonym → Dinka ⓘ
Terri Jones → hasColleague → Dinka ⓘ
Terri Jones → hasConflictWith → Dinka ⓘ
Rek Dinka → hasDialectContinuumWith → Malual Dinka ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Jonglei State → ethnicGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Anuak → neighboringPeoples → Dinka ⓘ
Atwot → closelyRelatedTo → Dinka ⓘ
Atwot → neighboringLanguage → Dinka ⓘ
Bari → neighboringGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Murle → neighboringGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Anyuak → relatedEthnicGroup → Dinka ⓘ
Padang Dinka people → broaderEthnicIdentity → Jieng (Dinka) ⓘ
linked to: Dinka
Lou Nuer → neighboringGroup → Dinka ⓘ