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Ngile
Daloka
Native toSudan
RegionSouth Kordofan
EthnicityMesakin
Native speakers39,000 (2024)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Writing systemLatin (limited use)
Language codes
ISO 639-3jle
Glottologngil1242
ELPNgile
Ngile is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Ngile, also known as Daloka, Taloka, Darra, Masakin, Mesakin, is a Niger–Congo unwritten language in the Talodi family spoken in the southern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Dengebu, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.

Dialects

Dialects are (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):

  • Masakin Tuwal dialect (spoken in Masakin and Togosilu villages)
  • Daloka dialect (spoken in Daloka and El Aheimar villages)

References

  1. Ngile at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
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