Daba language

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.[3]

Daba
Native toCameroon, Nigeria
RegionFar North Province; Adamawa State
Native speakers
25,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Daba
  • Mazagway (Musgoy)
  • Nive
  • Pologozom
  • Tpala (Kola)
Language codes
ISO 639-3dbq
Glottolognucl1683
ELPDaba[2]

Notes

References

  • J. Mouchet. 1966. Le parler daba: esquisse grammaticale. Yaounde: Institut de Recherches Scientifiques du Cameroun.


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