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Sillok people

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Sillok are an ethnic group of Sudan, living in Blue Nile state. They speak the Sillok language (Aka), a Nilo-Saharan language, however most also speak Arabic. They are a subgroup of the Berta people[1] and live on Mount Silak (Jebel Silak), also spelt Mount Sillok, which is south of the Ingessana hiills, near Keti.[2]

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  1. ^ Ethnographic Survey of Africa. International African Institute. 1956. p. 11.
  2. ^ Dihoff, Ivan R. (1983). Current Approaches to African Linguistics. Foris. p. 50. ISBN 9789070176570.