Dilling

Facts

  • Language: Dilling
  • Alternate names: Delen, Warki, Warkimbe, Debri, Nubian (Hill)
  • Language code: dil
  • Language family: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 5,300
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    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 (See: [[Ama]]) and only use Dilling for ceremonies.

    Dilling is spoken in Sudan, Africa.