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Dinka
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Din·ka  (dngk)
n. 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.
[Probably ultimately from Dinka jieng, person.]
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Noun1.Dinka - a Nilotic language
Nilotic, Nilotic language - a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group


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The Dinkas have always been a neglected people, fishermen along the Upper Nile, and they were Animists, not Muslim.
Sudan needs attention by Huxford-Westall, Susan / Anglican Journal
Dinkas have a thirst for learning, and he was such a diligent student that when he later enrolled at Tacoma's Henry Foss High School he was able to step right into the 11th grade and handle a schedule that includes geometry, biology, literature, computer training, and world geography.
I once was lost but now I'm found; the Lost Boys of Sudan wandered ... by Conklin, Paul / U.S. Catholic
The food shortage is evident in northern Bahr el Ghazal where SPLA supporters are under attack from three sides - Nuers from the east, Arab militias from the north, and Dinkas aligned with the government from the southwest.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY : AGENCY BOOSTS RELIEF DROPS TO SOUTH SUDAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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