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Duru Languages
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 (Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok) * Peere (Kutin) * Longto (Voko) *Vere–Dowayo ** Dowayo ** Sewe ** Koma ** Vere However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru 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) **Wɔmmu (Wongi, Wɔŋgi) **Nissim-Eilim **Kobom, Karum (Vere Kari), Danum **Vɔmnəm (Koma Vomni) **Gəunəm cluster: Yarəm, Lim, Gbaŋrɨm, Baidəm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vere Language
The Gwèri or Vere language Were also known as Kobo or Mom Jango, is a member of the Duru languages, Duru branch of Savanna languages. It is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. Names Vere is a cultural and geographical cover term that may include several completely distinct language varieties. The Kobo (in three villages north of the Chamba Leko area) are the only group of people known as ''Vere'' in Cameroon. Kobo is spoken in Béka commune, Faro department, North Region. Raymond Boyd had collected data from an ethnic Samba informant in Tignère speaking a language called Mome or Nya Kopo "language of the mountain", which he had learned from his mother. The lexicon is very different from "''Kobo''" as documented by ALCAM (2012), although both are clearly Adamawa languages. In this language, 'man' is called ''vere''. However, according to Boyd, ''Mome'' or ''Nya Kopo'' is a Mumuye language, Mumuye dialect. There are approximately 4,000 Kobo speakers in Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomnome Language
The Koma language is a language cluster belonging to the Duru branch of Savannas languages of Cameroon. Blench (2004) includes three varieties separated in ''Ethnologue'', Koma Ndera, Gɨmne, and Gɨmnɨme; within Koma Ndera, speakers of the marginal dialects, Gomnome and Ndera, can scarcely understand one another, though both understand the central dialect, Gomme. Varieties Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as part of the Koma cluster. *Gomme (Gәmme) (also known as Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe) *Gomnome (Gọmnọme) (also known as Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo) *Ndera (also known as Vomni, Doome, Doobe) The Ndera, Gimnime, and Kompana language varieties are spoken in the central part of the Alantika Mountains and part of the Faro plains located at the foot of the Alantika Mountains (in the central part of Béka commune, Faro department, Northern Region). The varieties listed in ''ALCAM'' (2012) are as follows, listed from north to south: *Ndera: spoken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomme Language
The Koma language is a language cluster belonging to the Duru branch of Savannas languages of Cameroon. Blench (2004) includes three varieties separated in ''Ethnologue'', Koma Ndera, Gɨmne, and Gɨmnɨme; within Koma Ndera, speakers of the marginal dialects, Gomnome and Ndera, can scarcely understand one another, though both understand the central dialect, Gomme. Varieties Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as part of the Koma cluster. *Gomme (Gәmme) (also known as Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe) *Gomnome (Gọmnọme) (also known as Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo) *Ndera (also known as Vomni, Doome, Doobe) The Ndera, Gimnime, and Kompana language varieties are spoken in the central part of the Alantika Mountains and part of the Faro plains located at the foot of the Alantika Mountains (in the central part of Béka commune, Faro department, Northern Region). The varieties listed in ''ALCAM'' (2012) are as follows, listed from north to south: *Ndera: spoken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alantika Mountains
The Atlantika Mountains, also known as the Alantika Mountains, are an extension of the Cameroon line of volcanic mountains, spanning the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. They lie to the southeast of Yola, the capital of Adamawa State in Nigeria, and southwest of the Mandara mountains. In Cameroon, they are part of the North Region. They are north of the Adamawa Plateau and west of the Faro National Park in Cameroon. The massif rises to about above the Faro River, a tributary of the Benue River. The range includes a belt of volcanoes, most of which are inactive. The line of mountains of which the Atlantika range is a part were taken as a natural boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon by the colonial powers. The Koma people took refuge in the mountains in the last half of the 19th century, apparently to avoid paying taxes to the colonial government. They remained unnoticed until 1980, when they were found by an Indian schoolteacher who was working for the government. Alant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momi Language
The Gwèri or Vere language Were also known as Kobo or Mom Jango, is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. It is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. Names Vere is a cultural and geographical cover term that may include several completely distinct language varieties. The Kobo (in three villages north of the Chamba Leko area) are the only group of people known as ''Vere'' in Cameroon. Kobo is spoken in Béka commune, Faro department, North Region. Raymond Boyd had collected data from an ethnic Samba informant in Tignère speaking a language called Mome or Nya Kopo "language of the mountain", which he had learned from his mother. The lexicon is very different from "''Kobo''" as documented by ALCAM (2012), although both are clearly Adamawa languages. In this language, 'man' is called ''vere''. However, according to Boyd, ''Mome'' or ''Nya Kopo'' is a Mumuye The Mumuyes are a people of Nigeria. They speak the Mumuye language. They constitute the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamawa State
Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It takes its name from the historic emirate of Adamawa, with the emirate's old capital of Yola, serving as the capital city of Adamawa state. The state is one of the most heterogeneous in Nigeria. with over 100 indigenous ethnic groups, formed in 1991, when the former Gongola state was broken up into Adamawa and Taraba states. Since its was carved out of the old Gongola State in 1991 by the General Ibrahim Badamsi Babangida military regime, Adamawa State has had 10 men, both military and civilian, controlling the levers of power, who played crucial roles in transforming the state into what it is today. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Adamawa state is the eighth largest in area, but the thirteenth least populous with an estimated popupation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Cameroon
The Regions of Cameroon are divided into 58 divisions or departments. The divisions are further sub-divided into sub-divisions (''arrondissements'') and districts. The divisions are listed below, by province. The constitution divides Cameroon into 10 semi-autonomous regions, each under the administration of an elected Regional Council. A presidential decree of 12 November 2008 officially instigated the change from provinces to regions. Each region is headed by a presidentially appointed governor. These leaders are charged with implementing the will of the president, reporting on the general mood and conditions of the regions, administering the civil service, keeping the peace, and overseeing the heads of the smaller administrative units. Governors have broad powers: they may order propaganda in their area and call in the army, gendarmes, and police. All local government officials are employees of the central government's Ministry of Territorial Administration, from which loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mom Jango Language
The Gwèri or Vere language Were also known as Kobo or Mom Jango, is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. It is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. Names Vere is a cultural and geographical cover term that may include several completely distinct language varieties. The Kobo (in three villages north of the Chamba Leko area) are the only group of people known as ''Vere'' in Cameroon. Kobo is spoken in Béka commune, Faro department, North Region. Raymond Boyd had collected data from an ethnic Samba informant in Tignère speaking a language called Mome or Nya Kopo "language of the mountain", which he had learned from his mother. The lexicon is very different from "''Kobo''" as documented by ALCAM (2012), although both are clearly Adamawa languages. In this language, 'man' is called ''vere''. However, according to Boyd, ''Mome'' or ''Nya Kopo'' is a Mumuye The Mumuyes are a people of Nigeria. They speak the Mumuye language. They constitute the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wom Language (Nigeria)
Wom ( ̃ɔ̃̀mref name="Idiatov">Idiatov, Dmitry, Mark Van de Velde, Tope Olagunju and Bitrus Andrew. 2017. Results of the first AdaGram survey in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria'. 47th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) (Leiden, Netherlands).), or Perema, is a Leko language of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... Phonology Consonants are: /ŋ/, and only /ŋ/, appears geminate. /ʔ/ is rare, perhaps borrowed. /h/ is known from one word, not borrowed. Vowels are . All may be doubled, but there are no long vowels. /a/ is neutralized to /ə/ in all but final position. Tone is probably high, low, and falling, as in Chamba Leko. References External links The Perema (Wom) language of northeastern Nigeria: classification, phonology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbila
Kolbila is an Adamawa language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Distribution Kolbila is closely related to Samba Leko. It is spoken by fewer than 4,000 speakers in several settlements along the Ngaoundéré-Garoua road in Bantanjé (Bantadje) canton of northwest Cameroon (Sabine Littig 2017). There were three major waves of settlement to these locations:Littig, Sabine (2017)Kolbila: Geography and history *Demsa (in 1954) *Mayo Boki (in 1972) *Mbé (in 1976) According to ''ALCAM'' (2012), Kolbila is spoken near Faro National Park at Demsa', located about 20 kilometers north of the town of Mbe along the Ngairi-Garoua road in Demsa commune. Kolbila was originally spoken in Bantadjé of Poli commune, Bénoué department, North Region. It is separated from the Samba Leko Chamba Leko is one of two languages spoken by the Chamba people, the other being Chamba Daka. It is a member of the Leko branch of Savanna languages, and is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border. ''Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyong Language
Nyong (Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat, is a Leko language spoken in two well-separated enclaves in Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroonian speakers consider themselves to be ethnically Chamba. Nyong is linguistically distinct from nearby languages. It is instead more similar to the Chamba language which is spoken to the north. Nyong and Chamba have 85% lexical similarity. Distribution ''Ethnologue'' (22nd ed.) lists the following Nyong villages and locations. *Cameroon **Mezam division, Santa subdivision: Baligham village **Ngo-Ketunjia division, Balikumbat subdivision: Baligashu, Baligansin, and Balikumbat villages on Ndop plain *Nigeria **Adamawa State: Mayo Belwa LGA **Taraba State: Zing Zing or ZING may refer to: *Zing (model-checker), infrastructure for verification of concurrent software via model checking *Zing (punctuation) or irony punctuation, invented by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s *Zing (quartet), the 2010 S ... LGA. 6 villages. Phon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
