Dinka

[ ding-kuh ]

/ ˈdɪŋ kə /

a member of a tall, pastoral people of Sudan.

the language of the Dinka, a Nilotic language closely related to Shilluk.

Example sentences from the Web for dinka

The perpetrators of political turmoil in Juba are not Dinka or Nuer, nor any other ethnic people who make up South Sudan.

The South Sudan Clashes Are No Tribal War |Valentino Deng |December 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Other reports of Dinka being dumped in a mass grave in the rebel-controlled oil town of Bentiu have further inflamed tensions.

Preventing South Sudan’s Civil War |John Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar |December 24, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Though he could read it in his native Dinka, he wanted to read it in the language in which it was written.

The Refugee I Know |Stephen Slater |June 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was evidently a detachment of horse advancing towards the Dinka.

Michael Strogoff |Jules Verne

According to the custom, which seems to belong to all Africa, as a sign of grief the Dinka wear a cord round the neck.

The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) |John G. Bourke
He spoke in the Dinka language and the soldier replied in the same tongue.

The Summons |A.E.W. Mason
The Khalifa has also his special barber, who is a slave; and his master of the horse, who is an immensely tall Dinka.

Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 |F. R. Wingate
However, when they reached the banks of the Dinka, just before Birskoe, they stopped for a while.

Michael Strogoff |Jules Verne

Dinka

/ (ˈdɪŋkə) /

plural -kas or -ka a member of a Nilotic people of South Sudan, noted for their height, which often reaches seven feet tall: chiefly herdsmen

the language of this people, belonging to the Nilotic group of the Nilo-Saharan family

from Dinka jieng people