ISO 639-3 · shkshk
Nilo-Saharan family
Shilluk
Shilluk is a language of the Western Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language spoken by the Shilluk people of South Sudan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
shk- Glottocode
shil1265- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shilluk |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shilluk language |
| All speakers | 2,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Shilluk
The branches above Shilluk, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 mnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · EducationalpgaJuba ArabicArabic-based pidgin and creole languages · 820,0003 · Wider CommunicationbfaBariNilo-Saharan · 480,0003 · Wider Communication