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Dakoid languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Nigeria

Glottolog:
  
dako1256

Subdivisions:
  
(unclear)

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Dakoid

The Dakoid languages are a small putative group of languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria:

  • Gaa–Dong
  • Donga (Dong)
  • Tiba (Gaa)
  • Daka–Taram
  • Taram
  • Daka (a dialect cluster of Dirim, Samba, Lamja, Dengsa, & Tola).

    • Greenberg placed Samba Daka within his Adamawa proposal, as group G3, but Bennett (1983) demonstrated to general satisfaction that it is a Benue–Congo language, though its placement within Benue–Congo is disputed. Blench (2010) considers it to be Benue–Congo. Boyd (ms), however, considers Daka an isolate branch within Niger–Congo (Blench 2008).

    Dong, though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify, there is no published data on Tiba, and Taram (listed as a dialect of Daka by Ethnologue) is only known from data collected in 1931 (Blench 2008).

    References

    Dakoid languages Wikipedia
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