Dinka

Scripture in Dinka

A complete Bible is reported in 3 member languages of Dinka, including Northeastern Dinka.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Dinka is spoken

• 🇸🇸 South Sudan

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About Dinka

ISO 639-3 code

din

Languages grouped as Dinka 5

ISO 639-3 treats Dinka as a macrolanguage: closely related languages that are sometimes counted as one. Scripture is recorded for each member language, so Dinka shows the best status among them.

• Northeastern DinkaComplete Bible
• Southeastern DinkaComplete Bible
• South Central DinkaComplete Bible
• Southwestern DinkaNew Testament
• Northwestern DinkaNo known Scripture

Dialects and varieties 5

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Dinka as a whole.

• Dinka, NortheasternNo known Scripture
• Dinka, NorthwesternNo known Scripture
• Dinka, South CentralNo known Scripture
• Dinka, SoutheasternNo known Scripture
• Dinka, SouthwesternNo known Scripture

Other languages of South Sudan

• Belanda ViriPortions of Scripture
• Beli (South Sudan)Portions of Scripture
• BongoPortions of Scripture
• DanaNo known Scripture
• Dongo KreshNo known Scripture
• DongotonoTranslation needed
• FerogeNo known Scripture
• Gbaya (Sudan)New Testament

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Sources

• DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
• Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
• Country reference locationsmledoze/countries contributors · ODbL-1.0

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.