Greenberg placed Samba Daka (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 (Donga), though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify. There is no published data on Gaa (Tiba), and Taram (listed as a dialect of Daka by Ethnologue) is only known from data collected in 1931 (Blench 2008).
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[1]
These dialects may form a dialect or language cluster together with Lamja and Taram (q.v.). Dirim could another dialect, or perhaps just a name for the Samba Daka.
^Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
References
Blench (2008) . Manuscript.
Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
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dakoid, languages, branch, northern, bantoid, languages, spoken, taraba, adamawa, states, eastern, nigeria, dakoidgeographicdistributionnigerialinguistic, classificationniger, congo, atlantic, congovolta, congobenue, congobantoidnorthern, bantoiddakoidsubdivis. The Dakoid languages are a branch of the Northern Bantoid languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria DakoidGeographicdistributionNigeriaLinguistic classificationNiger Congo Atlantic CongoVolta CongoBenue CongoBantoidNorthern BantoidDakoidSubdivisions unclear Glottologdako1256The Dakoid languages shown within Nigeria Contents 1 Languages 2 Classification 3 Names and locations 4 Footnotes 5 ReferencesLanguages EditGaa Dong Donga Dong Gaa Tiba Daka Taram Taram Daka a dialect cluster of Dirim Samba Lamja Dengsa and Tola Classification EditGreenberg placed Samba Daka 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 Donga though clearly Niger Congo is difficult to classify There is no published data on Gaa Tiba and Taram listed as a dialect of Daka by Ethnologue is only known from data collected in 1931 Blench 2008 Names and locations EditBelow is a list of language names populations and locations from Blench 2019 1 Language Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Endonym s Speakers Location s Dirim It may not actually be separate from Samba Daka q v Daka 9 000 CAPRO 1992 Taraba State Bali LGA Garba Chede areaLamja Deŋsa Tola cluster Dialects are mutually intelligible Likely not distinct enough from the Samba Daka cluster to be a separate language q v Lamjavu Deŋsavu Tolavu There are 13 villages of Lamja and Deŋsa The central town of the Lamja is Ganglamja The Deŋsa live south of the Lamja Taraba State Mayo Belwa LGAsSamba Daka cluster Samba Daka These dialects may form a dialect or language cluster together with Lamja and Taram q v Dirim could another dialect or perhaps just a name for the Samba Daka Chamba Daka Samba Chamba Tchamba Tsamba Jama Daka Sama Mum Samabu 66 000 1952 60 000 1982 SIL more than 100 000 1990 Taraba State Ganye Jalingo Bali Zing and Mayo Belwa LGAsSamba Daka Samba DakaSamba Jangani Samba DakaSamba Nnakenyare Samba DakaSamba of Mapeo Samba DakaDong ca 20 000 Taraba State Zing and Mayo Belwa LGAs At least six villagesGaa lt 5000 1987 Blench Adamawa State Ganye LGA Tiba PlateauFootnotes Edit Blench Roger 2019 An Atlas of Nigerian Languages 4th ed Cambridge Kay Williamson Educational Foundation References EditBlench 2008 Prospecting proto Plateau Manuscript Blench Roger 2011 The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu Bantu IV Humboldt University Berlin This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3 0 license Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dakoid languages amp oldid 1064552304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
