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Duru languages

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.

Languages

However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru as a unified group.

Classification

In the Adamawa Languages Project site, Kleinewillinghöfer (2015) classifies the Samba-Duru group as follows (see also Leko languages).

Samba-Duru
  • Vere (Verre)
  • Jango (Mom Jango)
  • 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)
  • Gəmnəm (Gəmnime, Gimnime): Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime
  • Gəmme (Kompana, Panme): Yəgme, Dehnime; Baanime
  • Doyayo (Dooya̰a̰yɔ): 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)
  • Samba cluster
  • Mubaako (Məbaako, Mumbaako, Nyong)
  • Kolbila
  • Pɛrɛma (Wom)

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

Footnotes

References

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