Nyolge language

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Nyolge
Njalgulgule
Native to South Sudan
Region Sopo River
Ethnicity Ngulgule
Native speakers
(900 cited 1977) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 njl
Glottolog njal1239
ELP Njalgulgule

Nyolge or Nyagulgule (Njalgulgule) is a Daju language of the Western Daju, spoken in a single village in South Sudan.

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References

  1. Nyolge at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)