Donga language

Dong
Donga
Native to Nigeria
Region Taraba State, Adamawa State
Native speakers
5,000 (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 doh
Glottolog dong1293[2]

Dong, or Donga, is a poorly documented language of Nigeria. Though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify; Blench proposes that it is one of the Dakoid languages, closest to Gaa.

References

  1. Dong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Donga". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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