The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is an

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spoken by the

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and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of

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. It is classified as a member of the southwest branch

Surmic languages The Surmic languages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family. Today, the various peoples who speak Surmic languages make their living in a variety of ways, including nomadic herders, settled farmers, and slash and burn farmers. Th ...

(Fleming 1983). Its nearest relative is Laaarim. The

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in the Didinga language was dedicated in March 2018.Didinga New Testament. https://find.bible/bibles/DIDWBT/

References

Relevant literature

* 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.

External links

Didinga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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