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Eastern Sudanic language of South Sudan

Didinga
Lango
Native to	South Sudan
Region	Didinga Hills
Ethnicity	Didinga (Chukudum, Lowudo)
Native speakers	100,000 (2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern? Surmic South Southwest Didinga–Murle Didinga–Longarim Didinga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`did`
Glottolog	`didi1258`

The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is a Surmic language spoken by the Chukudum and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of South Sudan. It is classified as a member of the southwest branch Surmic languages (Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Longarim.

The New Testament in the Didinga language was dedicated in March 2018.

References

De Jong, N., 2001. The ideophone in Didinga. Typological studies in language 44, pp.121–138.
Fleming, Harold. 1983. "Surmic etymologies," in Nilotic Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Languages and History of the Nilotic Peoples, Rainer Vossen and Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst, 524–555. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
Odden, David. 1983. Aspects of Didinga phonology and morphology. Nilo-Saharan language studies, pp.148–176.

v t e Languages of South Sudan
Official language	English Arabic
Indigenous languages	Acholi Aja Avokaya Baale Bai Baka Bari Belanda Viri Beli Bongo Daasanach Didinga Dinka Dongotono Homa Indri Juba Arabic Jur Jur Modo Kaligi Kresh Kuku Laarim Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko Mangaya Moru Murle Naka Ndogo Nuer Olu’bo Opuo Shilluk Suri Togoyo Toposa West Banda Zande
Main foreign languages	Arabic Malay

Birgid Dongolawi Kenzi Midob Nobiin Old Nubian
Hill Nubian	Dair Dilling El Hugeirat Ghulfan Haraza Kadaru Karko Wali

Nara

North	Majang
Southeast	Kwegu Meʼen Mursi Suri
Southwest	Baale Didinga Murle Laarim Tennet

Eastern	Logorik Shatt
Western	Beigo Daju Mongo Nyolge Nyala Sila

Large group listed below

Bari	Bari Kuku Mandari
Teso–Turkana	Karamojong Teso Toposa Turkana Nyangatom
Lotuko	Dongotono Lango (South Sudan) Lokoya Lopit Otuho
Ongamo–Maa	Maasai Ngasa Samburu Camus

Dinka–Nuer

Northern	Anuak Belanda Bor Jur Päri Shilluk Thuri
Southern	Southern Luo Acholi Adhola Alur Dholuo Kumam Lango (Uganda)

Elgon	Kupsabiny Sabaot
Nandi–Markweta	Keiyo Kipsigis Markwet Naandi Terik Tugen
Okiek–Mosiro	Ogiek
Pökoot	Pökoot

Omotik–Datooga

Italics indicate extinct languages

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