Luo language spoken in part of South Sudan and Sudan
Not to be confused with the Sillok language.
Shilluk
Dhøg Cøllø
Pronunciation
[d̪ɔɡcɔllɔ]
Native to
South Sudan
Region
Upper Nile State
Ethnicity
Shilluk
Native speakers
570,000 (2017)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic?
Kir–Abbaian?
Nilotic
Western
Luo
Northern
Shilluk
Dialects
Gar
Kwak
Mwomo
Writing system
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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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