Shilluk language

Shilluk
Dhøg Cøllø
Pronunciation[d̪ɔɡ cɔllɔ]
Native toSouth Sudan
RegionUpper Nile State
EthnicityShilluk
Native speakers
570,000 (2017)
Dialects
  • Gar
  • Kwak
  • Mwomo
Latin
Official status
Official language in
Shilluk Kingdom
Language codes
ISO 639-3shk
Glottologshil1265

Shilluk (natively Dhøg Cøllø, [d̪ɔ́(ɡ) cɔ̀llɔ̀]) 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.