Dilling (also Delen, Warkimbe; autonym: ''Warki'') is a

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language spoken in the northwestern

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in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 11,000 people in the town of Dilling and surrounding hills, including Kudur. ''Ethnologue'' reports that Dilling is

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, with only older adults speaking the language and not using it with their children. All speakers also use Sudanese Arabic. The Dilling call themselves ''Warki'', while the Dilling speakers of Kudur call themselves ''Kwashe''. Another ethnic minority that speak Dilling are the Debri people, a group of several thousands from South Kurdufan in Sudan

Dialects

Dilling has one dialect – Debri, which is spoken on the mountain Gebel Debri, south of Ghulfan.

References

Definitely endangered languages Languages of Sudan Nubian languages {{NiloSaharan-lang-stub