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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Dama

Dama

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3dmm

Population  50.
Region  North Province, Benoue Division, Rey-Bouba Subdivision, a small group.
Language map  Northern Cameroon, reference number 81
Dialects  May be a dialect of Mono [mru].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Mbum, Northern, Dama-Galke
Language use  Older adults. Shifting to Fulfulde.
Comments  Nearly extinct.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AYOTTE, Charlene; AYOTTE, Michael, authors. 2002. "Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo."  Available online