Language

Southwestern Dinka

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

New Testament

Scripture in Southwestern Dinka

The New Testament is reported in Southwestern 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 Southwestern Dinka is spoken

  • South Sudan
  • Sudan

See Southwestern Dinka on the language map

About Southwestern Dinka

Part of
Dinka (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Nilotic
ISO 639-3 code
dik
Glottocode
sout2832
Also known as
Dinka, Southwestern · Dinka, Southwestern: Abiem

Dialects and varieties 12

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

  • Dinka, Southwestern: AbiemNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: AguokNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: ApukNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: AwanNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: LauNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: LuacNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: PalietNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: PalioupinyNo known Scripture
  • Dinka, Southwestern: TuicNo known Scripture
  • Dinka: MalualNo known Scripture
  • Dinka: RekNo known Scripture
  • Lau (Nilotic)No known Scripture

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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.