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Dzodinka

A language of Cameroon

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Population  2,600 in Cameroon (2000).
Region  North West Province, Donga-Mantung Division, extreme north Nwa Subdivision, Adere village. Also in Nigeria.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 107
Alternate names   Adere, Adiri, Arderi, Dzodzinka
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe
Language development  Bible portions: 1923–1932.
Comments  Consider themselves ethnically Mfumte.

Also spoken in:

Nigeria

Language name   Dzodinka
Region  Taraba state, Sardauna LGA. 1 village on Cameroon border.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 8, reference number 372
Alternate names  Adere, Adiri
Comments  Different from Adele [ade] of Ghana and Togo.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GRANT, Caroline; GRIFFIN, Margaret; MBONGUE, Joseph; SEGUIN, Lawrence, authors. 1994. A rapid appraisal survey of Dzodinka (ALCAM 904) and Mfumte (ALCAM 905), Donga Mantung Division, Northwest Province.  Available online