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Duru languages

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Subdivisions:
  
Duli Dii Voko–Dowayo

Geographic distribution:
  
northern Cameroon, eastern Nigeria

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas Leko–Nimbari Duru

Glottolog:
  
None duru1251  (Dii–Duli) voko1241  (Voko–Peere–Dowayo)

The Duru languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G4" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

Languages

  • Duli (extinct)
  • Dii: Duupa, Dugun (Panõ), Dii (Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok)
  • Peere (Kutin)
  • Longto (Voko)
  • Vere–Dowayo
  • Dowayo
  • Sewe
  • Koma
  • Vere

    • References

    Duru languages Wikipedia
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