Ngile language

"Ngile" redirects here. For the village in Indonesia, see Ngile (village).

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.

Ngile
Daloka
Native to	Sudan
Region	South Kordofan
Ethnicity	Mesakin
Native speakers	39,000 (2024)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Kordofanian Talodi–Heiban Talodi Ngile–Dengebu Ngile
Writing system	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

Dialects

Dialects are (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):

• Masakin Tuwal dialect (spoken in Masakin and Togosilu villages)
• Daloka dialect (spoken in Daloka and El Aheimar villages)