Shilluk
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A person from a group in South Sudan or the language they speak
- proper noun
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shilluk
- Which is interesting because the Shilluk are generally a peaceful people, known mostly for their cattle herding.
- Shilluk tribe
Examples
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The woman bore decorative facial scars—testimony of her Shilluk tribal heritage.
Academic text (2004) -
The program nurse gently spoke with her in Shilluk to explain that surgery might relieve some of her pain, but could not restore her vision.
Academic text (2004) -
The woman bore decorative facial scars—testimony of her Shilluk tribal heritage.
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That's one of five dialects used by the Shilluk ethnic tribe.
Surface Forms
Shilluk main
Etymology
Shilluk is the name this Nilotic group gives to themselves in their own language near the White Nile in South Sudan. That's why Shilluk can mean a person from that community or the language they speak.