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Extended Family and relationship in Dinka (Bai ku Ruai ne Thuongjaang)

Loku tueng ne pioc de Thuongjaang.

By Peter Garang Kooch

1. Waa (Baba) - Father 2. Maa (Mama) - Mother 3. Wanmaath (wenkai) - Brother 4. Nyankai - sister 5. Wa - Son 6. Nya - Daughter 7. Kukuar (Wun Waa/maa) - Grandfather 8. Kekok (man waa/maa) - Grandmother 9. Waleen (menhe waa) - Paternal uncle 10. Wuwach (Nyankene waa)- Paternal aunty 11. Neneer (wenkene maa) - maternal uncle 12. Maleen (Nyankene maa) - maternal aunty 13. Wende wanmaath/Nyankai - Nephew 14. Nyande Wanmaath/Nyankai - Niece 15. Wende Waleen/wuwach - paternal cousin 16. Wende Neneer/Maleen - Maternal cousin 17. Waa (Wun moch/tiik) - Father-In-Law 18. Maa (Man moch/tiik) - Mother-In-Law 19. Thuou /Wanmaath (Wenkene tiik)- Brother-In-Law 20. Wenbai/wanmaath (Wenkene moch) - Brother-In-Law 21. Dhiop/Nyankai (Nyanken tiik/) - Sister-In-Law 22. Nyanbai/Nyankai (Nyankene moch) - sister-In-Law 23. Waleen (Waleene moch/tiik) - Paternal uncle-In-law 24. Neneer (Neereh Moch/tiik) -Maternal uncle- In-Law 25. Wuwach (Waihe moch/tiik) - paternal aunty-In-Law 26. Maleen (Maleene moch/tiik) - Maternal aunty-In-Law 27. Kukuar (Kuare moch/tiik) - Grandfather-In-Law 28. Kekok (Kone moch/tiik) - Grandmother-In-Law

What is your opinion brothers and sisters who know Dinka’s dialects? Tell us what you know about this topic?

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