Eastern Sudanic family
Dinka
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Dinka (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Eastern Sudanic language. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nilotic → Proto-Western Nilotic → Dinka.
See Dinka on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- din
Western Nilotic dialect cluster of South Sudan, closely related to Nuer. A macrolanguage (din) of several mutually intelligible varieties.
Lineage
- Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
- Proto-Niloticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
- Proto-Western Niloticc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
- Dinkac. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Western Nilotic.