Daba language
Daba | |
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Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Region | Far North Province; Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2007)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 | dbq |
Glottolog | nucl1683 |
ELP | Daba |
Daba (also known as Dabba) is a Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province and in one village in neighboring Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers Mazagway to be a dialect.[2]
Daba is spoken throughout the northern part of the Mayo-Louti department in the Northern Region (in Mayo-Oulo commune), extending slightly into Mayo-Tsanaga Department (in Hina and Bourrha communes) and Diamaré Department (Ndoukoula commune in the Far North Region). Daba (Kanakana), the most western variety that is isolated from the rest of the dialects, is spoken in , in the northern part of the Mayo-Oulo commune and in the area (enclave of Hina commune) and in Bourrha commune. Tpala, in the northeast, is spoken in the Ndoukoula area.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Daba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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References[]
- J. Mouchet. 1966. Le parler daba: esquisse grammaticale. Yaounde: Institut de Recherches Scientifiques du Cameroun.
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