Ngile language
Ngile, also known as Daloka, Taloka, Darra, Masakin, Mesakin [a dialect], 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.
| Ngile | |
|---|---|
| Daloka | |
| Region | Nuba Hills, Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Mesakin |
Native speakers | (11,700, including Dengebu cited 1984)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jle |
| Glottolog | ngil1242 |
| ELP | Ngile[2] |
Dialects
Dialects are (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):
- Masakin Tuwal dialect (spoken in Masakin and Togosilu villages)
- Daloka dialect (spoken in Daloka and El Aheimar villages)
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