Ngile language

{{Short description|Niger Congo unwritten language}}

{{redirect|Ngile|the village in Indonesia| Ngile (village)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Ngile

|nativename=Daloka

|states=Sudan

|region=South Kordofan

|ethnicity=Mesakin

|speakers={{sigfig|39,000|2}}

|date=2024

|ref=e27

|script=Latin (limited use)

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Kordofanian

|fam3=Talodi–Heiban

|fam4=Talodi

|fam5=Ngile–Dengebu

|map2=Lang Status 40-SE.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Ngile is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=jle

|glotto=ngil1242

|glottorefname=Ngile

}}

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.