Dilling people

The Dilling are an ethnic group of the Nuba peoples. The Dilling numbered 11,000 in 2011[1] and live mainly in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan, being part of the Hill Nubians.[2]

Language

The Dilling language is one of the Nubian languages of the Nilo-Saharan family.

Lifestyle

Most of Dilling are farmers, Farming sorghum, cotton, and peanuts in the southern Nuba Mountains.They are predominately Muslim.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Le Soudan". www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "SUDAN COUNTRY REPORT" (PDF). IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE HOME OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM. April 2004. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780313279188. Retrieved 2 April 2026.

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