Dagik language

Dagik, also Dengebu, Dagig, Thakik, Buram, Reikha, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.

Dagik
Dengebu
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
EthnicityMesakin
Native speakers
60,000 (2017)
Dialects
  • Arreme
  • Adobu
  • Tosari
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3dec
Glottologdagi1241

It is spoken in Buram, Kamlela, Reikha, Taballa, and Tosari villages.

The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).

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