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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Deno

Deno

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3dbb

Population  6,000 (1995 CAPRO).
Region  Bauchi state, Darazo LGA, 45 km northeast of Bauchi town.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 148
Alternate names   Be, Denawa, Denwa
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, A, A.2, Bole, Bole Proper
Language use  Shifting to Hausa [Hau] or Fulfulde [fuv].
Comments  Agriculturalists: guinea corn, maize, millet, cassava, beans, rice. Traditional religion, Muslim.