Dinka people

Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan
Intangible ethnic_group Q212106
Dinka people
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Dinka people

Summary

Dinka people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dinka was Dinka people's native language[3].
  • Dinka people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4].
  • Dinka people is a type of Nilotic peoples[5].
  • Dinka people's Commons category is recorded as Dinka people[6].
  • Dinka people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dinka people[7].
  • Dinka people has a population of {'amount': '+4637302'}[8].
  • Dinka people's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • Dinka people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • Dinka people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Dinka people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Dinka people's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[13].
  • Dinka people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups[14].

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Definition and Type

Dinka people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4]. It is a type of Nilotic peoples[5].

Why It Matters

Dinka people ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,104 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of ethnic group
    Native language Dinka
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries African Ethnic Groups
    Instance of
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555315605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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