Summary
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 | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Region | Far North Province; Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2007)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dbq |
| Glottolog | nucl1683 |
| ELP | Daba |
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 Douroum, in the northern part of the Mayo-Oulo commune and in the Garoua Daba area (enclave of Hina commune) and in Bourrha commune. Tpala, in the northeast, is spoken in the Ndoukoula area.[3]
Notes edit
- ^ Daba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
References edit
- J. Mouchet. 1966. Le parler daba: esquisse grammaticale. Yaounde: Institut de Recherches Scientifiques du Cameroun.