Shilluk language
E687003
The Shilluk language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Shilluk people of South Sudan along the White Nile.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shilluk language canonical | 6 |
| Shilluk–Anuak languages | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nilotic language
ⓘ
Western Nilotic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alsoSpokenIn | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Anuak language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuer language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Shilluk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chollo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dhøg Cøllø language ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
northern Shilluk
ⓘ
southern Shilluk ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
everyday communication
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional poetry ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
advanced tongue root vowel harmony
ⓘ
consonant length contrast ⓘ noun classes or genders ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ tone ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticCode | Glottocode: shil1264 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
fusional ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
ATR-based vowel harmony
ⓘ
complex tone system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | shk ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilo-Saharan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilotic ⓘ Western Nilotic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Dhøg Cøllø NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Shilluk people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
South Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Luo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Shilluk Kingdom communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folklore
ⓘ
local administration ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shilluk–Anuak languages