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

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

 and perhaps Chad

Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

. They are members of the Central Sudanic

Central Sudanic languages

Starostin notes that the poorly attested language Mimi of Decorse is suggestive of Central Sudanic, though he provisionally treats it as an isolate.-References:...

 language family.

The most populous Vale language is Ruto (Lutos), spoken by twenty thousand people. The other clearly related language is Vale

Vale language

Vale is a minor Central Sudanic language of CAR. Tana dialect is divergent and may be a distinct language....

 (with its Tana variety perhaps a third); less certain are Birri

Birri language

Birri is a nearly extinct Central Sudanic language of CAR and formerly of Sudan. It may be one of the Vale languages.-References:*Roger Blench...

 and Fongoro

Fongoro language

Fongoro is a minor Central Sudanic language of Chad and formerly of Sudan. It may be one of the Vale languages.-References:*Roger Blench...

.