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Shilluk

Not endangered

Shilluk is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyNilotic
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3shk
Glottocodeshil1265

Spoken in Sudan · South Sudan

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Nilotic's family tree with Shilluk.

  1. Anuak

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  2. Belanda Bor

    Shifting
    Grammar

  3. Luwo

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  4. Päri

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Thuri

    Threatened
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Acoli

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Adhola

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  8. Alur

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Shilluk from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)