Language

Northwestern Dinka

Northwestern Dinka is a language in the Nilotic family spoken in South Sudan and Sudan.

No known Scripture

Scripture in Northwestern Dinka

Our sources record no known Scripture in Northwestern 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 Northwestern Dinka is spoken

  • South Sudan
  • Sudan

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About Northwestern Dinka

Part of
Dinka (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Nilotic
ISO 639-3 code
diw
Glottocode
nort2816
Also known as
Dinka, Northwestern · Dinka, Northwestern: Ngok-Kordofan

Dialects and varieties 5

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

  • Alor (Nilotic)No known Scripture
  • Dinka, Northwestern: AlorNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Northwestern: Ngok-KordofanNo known Scripture
  • Dinka: Pan AruNo known Scripture
  • PawanyNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

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.