Sillok language

This article is about the language spoken in Sudan. For other uses, see Aka language (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Shilluk language.

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.^[2]

Sillok
Aka
Region	Sudan
Ethnicity	Sillok
Native speakers	(300 cited 1983)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Eastern Eastern Jebel Aka–Kelo–Molo Sillok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	soh
Glottolog	akaa1242
ELP	Aka

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.^[2]