Sillok language explained

Sillok language should not be confused with Shilluk language.

Sillok
Nativename:Aka
Region:Sudan
Ethnicity:Sillok
Speakers:300
Date:1983
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic
Fam3:Eastern
Fam4:Eastern Jebel
Fam5:Aka–Kelo–Molo
Iso3:soh
Glotto:akaa1242
Glottorefname:Aka

Sillok (Aka) is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Sillok people of Sudan. It is spoken by around 300 people in Blue Nile state, specifically on Mount Silak (Jebel Silak), southwest of the Ingessana hills.[1]

According to Ethnologue the language is moribund, having been heavily Arabicised and influenced by the nearby Berta language. The Sillok people who speak the language are a remnant group.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Aka. Ethnologue. 2017-05-29.