Ngile language
Appearance
Ngile | |
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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
[edit]Dialects are (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):
- Masakin Tuwal dialect (spoken in Masakin and Togosilu villages)
- Daloka dialect (spoken in Daloka and El Aheimar villages)
References
[edit]- ^ Ngile at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)