Ngile
Ngile is a Narrow Talodi language spoken in Sudan. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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 to Dengebu, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.
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Words in Ngile
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | pulu* | |
| name | kalaNa* | |
| eye | sigi* | |
| ear | kanu* | |
| nose | xinTi* | |
| tooth | sinni* | |
| tongue | tuluNa* | |
| hand | Ngwi* | |
| blood | Naru* | |
| bone | summa* | |
| skin | hedu* | |
| knee | huNgu* | |
| breast | simmi* | |
| liver | tuNgi* | |
| water | Nala* | |
| fire | ti* | |
| sun | siNgi* | |
| star | sodo* | |
| stone | do8o* | |
| mountain | xa* | |
| tree | pera* | |
| leaf | data* | |
| night | nuNgola* | |
| dog | takalu* | |
| fish | Naba* | |
| one | yili* | |
| two | yara* | |
| I | oNNi* | |
| you | oNNu* | |
| we | uNNi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ngil1242 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · jle