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

Dirim

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3dir

Population  9,000 (1992).
Region  Taraba state, Bali LGA.
Alternate names   Daka, Dakka, Dirin, Dirrim
Dialects  Similar to Samba Daka [ccg] and may be a dialect.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Northern, Dakoid
Comments  Many blind people caused by filaria. Traditional religion, Muslim, Christian.