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
- Duli (extinct)
- Dii: Duupa, Dugun (Panõ), Dii (MambeâÂÂ, MamnaâÂÂa, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok)
- Peere (Kutin)
- Longto (Voko)
- VereâÂÂDowayo
- Dowayo
- Sewe
- Koma
- Vere
However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of SambaâÂÂDuru 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)
- WÃÂmmu (Wongi, WÃÂÃ
Âgi)
- Nissim-Eilim
- Kobom, Karum (Vere Kari), Danum
- VÃÂmnÃÂm (Koma Vomni)
- GÃÂunÃÂm cluster: YarÃÂm, Lim, GbaÃ
Ârèm, BaidÃÂm, ZanÃÂm, LÃÂÃÂlÃÂm, etc.
- DamtÃÂm (Koma Damti), etc.
- GÃÂmme (Gimme) (Koma)
- GÃÂmnÃÂm (GÃÂmnime, Gimnime): Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime
- GÃÂmme (Kompana, Panme): YÃÂgme, Dehnime; Baanime
- Doyayo (DooyaðaðyÃÂ): MarkÃÂ; TÃÂðÃÂðrà(of Poli); TÃÂðÃÂðrà(of the mountains)
- Duru
- Dii cluster
- Dugun (Paape, Sa)
- Duupa (Paape)
- PÃÂrÃÂ (Pere, Kutin): GaziwaÃÂlÃÂ, NÃÂlti), ÃÂAÃÂlti; ZÃÂÃ
 PÃÂrà(Potopo)
- LÃÂÃ
Âto (Voko, Woko)
- Samba (Samba Leeko, Leko)
- Samba cluster
- Mubaako (MÃÂbaako, Mumbaako, Nyong)
- Kolbila
- PÃÂrÃÂma (Wom)
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Footnotes
References
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