Dengebu is a member of the Talodi branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken in the Nuba and Mesakin Hills in Janub Kurdufan state in central Sudan by about 11,700 people. It is also known as Dagig, Masakin, Masakin Dagig, Masakin Gusar or Thakik, and is closely related to Ngile.
Dengebu is written with the Latin alphabet and is taught in some primary schools.
Download an alphabet chart for Dengebu
Some information about Dengebu provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Uri aro uri yago ttingäe disäro. Uri ye’a. Uri yago ttingätte mina ngärso pädha nänggora. Anhthi yodhekkatthe nänggorage tisäro. Kke iso semo mïdhe nänggora nodhekkawï, ngittha dala nosu’ro andi sängatti.
It is about men who went hunting in the hill. Two men. The men went hunting from morning until night. When night fell in the hill, they said: "Friend, it is night, let us search for a stone to lie down beside."
Source: https://vdoc.pub/download/a-grammar-of-dagik-a-kordofanian-language-of-sudan-31qogclc45e0
Information about Dengebu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengebu_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dagi1241
http://www.language-archives.org/language/dec
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/dec
https://vdoc.pub/download/a-grammar-of-dagik-a-kordofanian-language-of-sudan-31qogclc45e0
https://journals.openedition.org/lla/10330
https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/dagik.html
Acheron, Dengebu, Lumun, Moro, Tocho
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 27.04.26
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