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Ngile
Daloka
Native to Sudan
Region South Kordofan
Ethnicity Mesakin
Native speakers
39,000 (2024) [1]
Latin (limited use)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 jle
Glottolog ngil1242
ELP Ngile
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