Ngile language

Ngile
Daloka
Region	Nuba Hills, Sudan
Ethnicity	Mesakin
Native speakers	unknown (11,700, including Dengebu cited 1984)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Talodi Masakin Ngile
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`jle`
Glottolog	`ngil1242`^[2]

Ngile, also known as Daloka, Taloka, Darra, Masakin, Mesakin [a dialect], is a Niger–Congo unwritten language in the Talodi family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Dengebu, which is also spoken by the Mesakin / Masakin people.

References

↑ Ngile at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngile". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Sudan

Official languages	Standard Arabic Sudanese Arabic English

Indigenous languages	Acheron Amira Beja Dengebu Daza Dinka Domari Doni Ebang Fur Jomang Kadugli Kanga Katla Keiga Ko Kwalib Krongo Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Temein Tese Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Tulishi Tumtum Utoro Warnang Zaghawa

Kordofanian languages (geographic)

Talodi–Heiban

Heiban	Ebang Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Moro Shirumba Tiro Utoro Warnang

Talodi	Acheron Dengebu Jomang Lumun Nding Ngile Tocho Torona

Katla-Rashad

Katla	Domorik Kaalak

Rashad	Tagoi Tegali

Kadu

Western	Kanga Keiga Tulishi

Eastern	Krongo Tumtum

Other	Kadugli

Lafofa

Amira
Tegem

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