Vale languages
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The Vale languages, or Ruto–Vale, comprise a small number of languages spoken by a few tens of thousands of people in the Central African Republic and perhaps Chad. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family.
| Vale | |
|---|---|
| Ruto–Vale | |
| Geographic distribution | CAR, Chad |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | ndug1243 |
The most populous Vale language is Ruto (Lutos), spoken by twenty thousand people. The other clearly related language is Vale (with its Tana variety perhaps a third).