Duru languages
Encyclopedia
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.
Savanna languages
-External links:* – Blench* by Michael & Charlene Ayotte, 2002. SIL Electronic Survey Reports SILESR 2002-048.* , Tourneaux...
spoken in northern Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
and eastern Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. They were labeled "G4" in Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Harold Greenberg was a prominent and controversial American linguist, principally known for his work in two areas, linguistic typology and the genetic classification of languages.- Early life and career :...
's Adamawa
Adamawa languages
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...
language-family proposal.
Languages
- Duli (extinct)
- Dii: Duupa, DiiDii languageThe Dii language is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Yag Dii is the ethnonym....
, Dugun - Voko–Dowayo
- PeerePeere languagePeere is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Most Nigerian speakers moved to Cameroon when the Gashaka-Gumti National Park was established....
(Kutin) - Longto (Voko)
- Vere–Dowayo
- Dowayo
- Vere–Gimme
- Gimme: Gimme, Gimnime
- Vere: KomaKoma languageThe Koma language is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages.Speakers of the marginal dialects, Gomnome and Ndera, can scarcely understand one another, but both understand the central dialect, Gomme ....
, Mom Jango (Vere)
- Peere