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Shilluk

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: shk

Population	175,000 (1982 SIL).
Region	South, Upper Nile Province, between Nile and Kordofan Province boundary, 130 km west of Tonga; Nile east bank, Nile and Sobat River junction area, and 35 km up Sobat River.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Chulla, Colo, Dhocolo, Shulla
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Shilluk
Language use	All domains. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 20%. Grammar. NT: 1977.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Gilley, Leoma G. 1992. An autosegmental approach to Shilluk phonology.

Gilley, Leoma G. 2000. "Singulars and plurals in Shilluk: a search for order."

Gilley, Leoma G. 2004. "The Lwoian family."

Gilley, Leoma. 2003. "The feature of stress in Nilotic."

Gilley, Leoma. 2004. "Morphophonemic orthographies in fusional languages: the cases of Dinka and Shilluk."  

Pace, Wanda. 1991. "Orthography and the influence of morphophonemics."

Vernacular Publications

Dïdø benyi lag: Wänyi wajji tyelli gwedd. 1993.

Jwøng a böggi yi dhanhø. 1997.

Kwøb møga gajj yï akïm. 1992.

Shilluk primer: Lessons 1-24. 1993.

Wädhhi kyenyyi pödhi cøllø. 1990.

Wädhhï ngur pödhe. 1991.

Wãnyi pwönyø ki rang ki Dhøg Cøllø. 1994.

Wänyi pwönyø ki rang ki dhøg cøllø. 1995.

Wänyø mi cägi rang ki dhøg cøllø. 1991.

Wänyø mi tyelli gwed ki dhøg Cøllø. 1990.