Didinga language

Didinga language
Didinga
Spoken in South Sudan
Region Didinga Hills
Ethnicity Didinga (Chukudum, Lowudo)
Native speakers 60,000  (2007)
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 did

The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Chukudum and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of South Sudan. It is a member of the Surmic languages.



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