Ngile

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Daloka, Darra, Masakin, Mesakin, Taloka

Population

38,000 (1982). including Dagik [dec] speakers.

Location

South Kordofan State, Mesakin hills. Masakin Tuwal dialect: Masakin and Togosilu villages; Daloka dialect: Daloka and El Aheimar villages.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Daloka (Taloka), Masakin Tuwal.

Language Use

Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.

Other Comments

Masakin Tuwal call their language Arra; Dagik [dec] call it Agosilu; Daloka called Angire by Masakin Tuwal.