Shilluk

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The Shilluk are a Nilotic ethnic group of South Sudan known for their historical kingdom along the White Nile and rich oral traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Shilluk people 15
Shilluk canonical 10
Shilluk Kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
colonialHistory Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
countryBeforeIndependence Sudan ⓘ
culturalHeritage royal regalia of Nyikang ⓘ
sacred royal shrines ⓘ
culturalPractice age-set system ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
spirit possession rituals ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Nilotic Sudan ⓘ
foundingFigure Nyikang ⓘ
hasKingdom Shilluk Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Shilluk language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
livelihood agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
musicTradition drum-based music ⓘ
praise songs for kings ⓘ
mythology Nyikang legend ⓘ
neighboringGroup Anuak ⓘ
Dinka ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
oralTradition praise poetry ⓘ
rich oral literature ⓘ
royal genealogies ⓘ
politicalOrganization monarchy ⓘ
populationLocation South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
primaryRiver White Nile ⓘ
region Nile Valley ⓘ
Upper Nile State ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
religiousSpecialist diviner ⓘ
priest ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalAuthorityTitle reth ⓘ
traditionalCapital Fashoda ⓘ
linked to: Fashoda Incident
traditionalTerritory Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile

banks of the White Nile in South Sudan ⓘ
writingSystemUsage Latin alphabet for Shilluk language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Sudan → mainEthnicGroup → Shilluk ⓘ
Luo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Sudanese → ethnicGroupIncludes → Shilluk ⓘ
Sudd → inhabitedBy → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nuer → neighboringGroup → Shilluk ⓘ
Shilluk → hasKingdom → Shilluk Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nilotic peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Acholi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Western Nilotic languages → areSpokenBy → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Jieng → relatedEthnicGroup → Shilluk ⓘ
Shilluk language → ethnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Shilluk language → primarySpeakers → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nilotic Sudan → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Reth → usedBy → Shilluk people ⓘ
subject linked to: reth
linked to: Shilluk
Reth → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Shilluk ⓘ
subject linked to: reth
Reth → recognizedBy → Shilluk clans ⓘ
subject linked to: reth
linked to: Shilluk
royal regalia of Nyikang → ethnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
royal regalia of Nyikang → culture → Shilluk culture ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang → cultureHeroOf → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang → veneratedBy → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang → isProgenitorOf → Shilluk royal clan ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Southern Sudan region → historicallyPopulatedBy → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Proto-Nilotic → hasDescendant → Shilluk ⓘ
Anyuak people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk
Anyuak → relatedEthnicGroup → Shilluk ⓘ