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]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Talodi Masakin Ngile
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

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

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