| Shilluk | |
|---|---|
| Dhøg Cøllø | |
| Pronunciation | [d̪ɔɡ cɔllɔ] |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Region | Upper Nile State |
| Ethnicity | Shilluk |
Native speakers | 570,000 (2017)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Shilluk Kingdom |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | shk |
| Glottolog | shil1265 |
Shilluk (natively Dhøg Cøllø, [d̪ɔ́(ɡ) cɔ̀llɔ̀])[2] is a language spoken by the Shilluk people of South Sudan. It is closely related to other Luo languages. The term Shilluk is a pronunciation of Arabic origin.[3]
- ^ Shilluk at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ "Chollo (Dhøg Cøllø)". openroad.net.au. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ Gilley, Leoma G. (1992). Summer Institute of Linguistics (ed.). An autosegmental approach to Shilluk phonology (revised text of a thesis, University of London). Dallas, Texas. p. 214. ISBN 0-88312-106-9.
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