Shilluk language

Shilluk or Dhøg Cøllø is a Nilotic language spoken by the Shilluk people of South Sudan and Sudan. It is closely related to Luo and other Nilotic peoples' languages. There are twenty nine (29) alphabetic characters in Dhøg Cøllø; ten (10) vowels and 19 consonants.

Gwɛtti Dhɔ Cɔlɔ mi tyɛli malɔ

Gwedd ki Dhøg Cøllø men nyänø

Cigg dyërø mi dhaanhø ki Dhøg Cøllø ki yij wänyø mi cigg Pödh Cøllø

In Dhøg Cøllø, Grammar is mostly considered important in translations of other languages into Dhøg Cøllø and among or when communicating with fluent speakers, writers, listeners, and readers. Novices always deserves more attention when communication in Dhøg Cøllø. Children are always encouraged to continue practicing their grammar (Dhøg Cøllø) skills and to be more careful when they are communication with strangers. As in many languages, grammar and words orders is very important in speeches. Example of a Simple and Complete Sentence in Dhøg Cøllø looks something like this: Men ba rëëjø. According to the words orders in part of legal and well organized speech, Men ba rëëjø simply means "This is a fish" in English. Like English or other Latin based languages and Nilotic languages, Dhøg Cøllø does follow grammar rules and words orders to construct a complete sentence like SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT in simple sentence construction. Example: Dhaanhø ba läyø thyewø. Dhaanhø (subject) + ba (verb) + läyø (objective phrase) + thyewø (adverbial phrase/degree). Dhaanhø = Human being; ba = is; läyø = animal; thyewø = too. So, the whole sentence, "Dhaanhø ba läyø thyewø means "Human being is an animal too. REMEMBER: Articles "A" AN & "THE" are less valuable in Dhøg Cøllø. The most significant thing to recall when writing, reading, speaking or listening Dhøg Cøllø is that Nouns or Noun phrases end with "ø" Singular or stand alone words end with "ø" and "ki" or "wala" is used instead of Comma "," to join a group of words, sentences, phrases, etc; "geki" is also used as a last joining word or final clause. Some time "Ka" is used in place of "ki" at the beginning of sentence as a continuation of dialogues or long paragraph to avoid a run-on-sentences and comma splice sentences in Dhøg Cøllø. WHEN TRANSLATING OTHER LANGUAGES, FOR EXAMPLE ENGLISH INTO DHØG CØLLØ, WORD PER WORD COULD BE THE ONLY COURAGEOUS MEAN TO MAKE WHAT IT MEANS IN ENGLISH BECOMES EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS IN DHØG CØLLØ.