Dinka

(diŋkä, -kə)

noun

  1. a member of a group of Sudanic peoples living in S Sudan (the country)
  2. the language of these peoples, belonging to the Chari-Nile subfamily of the Nilo-Saharan family of languages

See Dinka in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Dinka or Din·kas
  1. A member of a traditionally pastoral people of the Nile valley in southern Sudan.
  2. The Nilotic language of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Probably ultimately from Dinka jieng, person

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