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.
Kleinewillinghöfer (2012) also observes many morphological similarities between the Samba-Duru and Central Gur languages .[ 1]
Languages
Duli (extinct)
Dii: Duupa , Dugun (Panõ), Dii (Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok)
Peere (Kutin)
Longto (Voko)
Vere–Dowayo
However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru as a unified group.[ 2]
Classification
In the Adamawa Languages Project site, Kleinewillinghöfer (2015) classifies the Samba-Duru group as follows (see also Leko languages ).[ 3]
Samba-Duru
Vere (Verre)[ 4]
Jango (Mom Jango)[ 5]
Vere cluster (Momi, Vere Kaadam)
Wɔmmu (Wongi, Wɔŋgi)
Nissim-Eilim
Kobom, Karum (Vere Kari), Danum
Vɔmnəm (Koma Vomni)
Gəunəm cluster: Yarəm, Lim, Gbaŋrɨm, Baidəm, Zanəm, Ləələm, etc.
Damtəm (Koma Damti), etc.
Gəmme (Gimme) (Koma )[ 6]
Gəmnəm (Gəmnime, Gimnime): Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime
Gəmme (Kompana, Panme): Yəgme, Dehnime; Baanime
Doyayo (Dooya̰a̰yɔ):[ 7] Markɛ; Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of Poli); Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of the mountains)
Duru
Dii cluster
Dugun (Paape, Sa)
Duupa (Paape)
Pɛrɛ (Pere, Kutin): Gaziwaːlɛ, Nɔlti), ˀAːlti; Zɔŋ Pɛrɛ (Potopo)
Lɔŋto (Voko, Woko)
Samba (Samba Leeko, Leko)
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[ 9]
Language
Cluster
Dialects
Alternate spellings
Own name for language
Other names (location-based)
Other names for language
Speakers
Location(s)
Mom Jango
Mom Jango
Vere (see also Momĩ, Were, Verre, Kobo (in Cameroon )
20,000 total (including Momĩ, 4,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL)
Adamawa State , Fufore LGA
Momi
Ziri
Vere (this also includes Mom Jango, q.v.), Were, Verre, Kobo (in Cameroon )
20,000 total (including Mom Jango), 4,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL)
Adamawa State , Yola and Fufore LGAs; and in Cameroon
Koma cluster
Koma
The correspondences between the Cameroonian and Nigerian names are uncertain
Kuma, Koma (a Fulfulde cover term for Gomme, Gomnome, Ndera; ALCAM treats them as separate though closely related languages)
3,000 (1982 SIL); majority in Cameroon
Adamawa State , Ganye and Fufore LGAs, in the Alantika Mountains ; also in Cameroon
Gomme
Koma
Gәmme
Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe
Gomnome
Koma
Gọmnọme
Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo
Ndera
Koma
Vomni, Doome, Doobe
References
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