Dama language (Sierra Leone)

Not to be confused with Dama language (disambiguation).

Dama
Native to	Sierra Leone
Extinct	1930s
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande ? ... Vai–Kono ? Dama
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`dama1262`^[1]

Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone. It was replaced by Mende. Based on a few remembered words and toponyms, Dalby (1963) believed it to be a Northern Mande language, similar to Kono and Vai, but Glottolog leaves it unclassified.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Dama". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Sierra Leone

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Fula Klao Kono Kissi Kuranko Limba Loko Maninka Mende Pular Sherbro Sua Susu Temne Yalunka

Creole languages	Krio

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