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Doyayo Language
Doyayo (ethnonym: ''Dowayo'') is a language of the Duru branch of Adamawa languages spoken in Cameroon. ''Doyayo'' (Doo²³ya̰a̰¹yɔ¹ 'man's mouth'; alternatively Doo²waa²³ya̰a̰¹yɔ¹ 'man's child's mouth') is spoken by the Dowayo (or Doo²waa²³yɔ¹ 'man's child') ethnic group. Names According to ''ALCAM'' (2012), Doayo, which has 18,000 speakers, is the main language of the northern part of Poli commune (in Faro department, Northern Region). Taara is spoken in the mountains west of Poli, and Marka in the plains further northwest in Tcheboa commune, Bénoué department. The term ''Namchi'', which means "crushed ones" or "those who crush illet for us in Fulfulde, is a cover term that refers not only to the Doayo, but also its neighbors Duupa and Dugun (the latter two are both Dii languages). Joseph Greenberg Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work concerning linguistic typology and the ... [...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] |
Leko–Nimbari Languages
The Leko–Nimbari or Chamba–Mumuye languages are a subgroup of the old Adamawa languages family (G2, G4, G5, G12), provisionally now a branch of the Savanna languages. They are spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. *The four Leko languages include Chamba Leko of the Chamba people, with about 60,000 speakers. *The dozen Duru languages include Vere, with over 100,000 speakers. *The dozen Mumuye–Yendang languages include Mumuye The Mumuyes are a people of Nigeria. They speak the Mumuye language. They constitute the largest tribal group in Taraba State of Nigeria and form the predominant tribes found in Zing, Yorro, Jalingo, Ardo-Kola, Lau, Gassol, Bali and Gashaka, al ..., with half a million speakers, and Yendang, with perhaps 100,000. * Nimbari, with only a hundred speakers, forms its own branch. References {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Adamawa Languages
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people (as of 1996). Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the Adamawa–Ubangi family of Niger–Congo languages. They are among the least studied languages in Africa, and include many endangered languages; by far the largest is Mumuye, with 400,000 speakers. A couple of unclassified languages—notably Laal and Jalaa—are found along the fringes of the Adamawa area. Geographically, the Adamawa languages lie near the location of the postulated Niger–Congo – Central Sudanic contact that may have given rise to the Atlantic–Congo family, and so may represent the central radiation of that family. Classification Joseph Greenberg postulated the Adamawa languages as a part of Adamawa–Ubangian (then called ''Adamawa–Eastern),'' and divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faro Department
Faro is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 11,785 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 81,472. The capital of the department lies at Poli. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into three communes and in turn into villages. Communes * Beka * Poli (urban) * Poli (rural) See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ... References Departments of Cameroon North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bénoué
Bénoué is a Departments of Cameroon, department of North Province (Cameroon), North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 13,614 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 1,781,955. The capital of the department lies at Garoua. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into 11 Communes of Cameroon, communes and in turn into villages. Communes * Barndaké (also known as Mayo Hourna Arrondissement) * Bashéo (Baschéo) * Bibemi * Dembo, Cameroon, Dembo * Garoua (urban) * Garoua (rural) * Gashiga (also known as Demsa, Cameroon, Demsa Arrondissement) * Lagdo (commune), Lagdo * Ngong, Cameroon, Ngong (also known as Tcheboa Arrondissement) * Pitoa * Touroua Gallery File:Drone view Benoue.jpg, View of Bénoué huts from drone File:Drone view at Benoue.jpg, Bénoué view from drone See also *Communes of Cameroon References Departments of Cameroon North Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulfulde
Fula ,Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh also known as Fulani or Fulah (, , ; Adlam: , , ), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 30 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa. Along with other related languages such as Serer and Wolof, it belongs to the Atlantic geographic group within Niger–Congo, and more specifically to the Senegambian branch. Unlike most Niger-Congo languages, Fula does not have tones. It is spoken as a first language by the Fula people ("Fulani", ff, Fulɓe, link=no) from the Senegambia region and Guinea to Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sudan and by related groups such as the Toucouleur people in the Senegal River Valley. It is also spoken as a second language by various peoples in the region, such as the Kirdi of northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria. Nomenclature Several names are applied to the language, just as to the Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duupa Language
The Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. ''Yag Dii'' is the ethnonym. ''Ethnologue'' lists ''Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok'' as dialects, and notes that Goom may be a separate language. Blench (2004) lists them all, as well as ''Phaane'', as separate languages, no closer to each other than they are to the other Dii languages, Duupa, Dugun (Panõ). Varieties The Duupa (5,000 speakers) used to live in the mountains to the east of Poli (in Poli commune, Faro department, North Region). Today, the vast majority have descended from the mountains and now live in the Lobi River plains (around the junction where the Ngaoundéré-Garoua road passes) and in Poli. The Dugun, also called Pa'no (7,000 speakers (Lars Lode 1997)), live southeast of Poli in the North Region (in Poli commune, Faro commune, and Lagdo commune in Bénoué department). The ''Dugun'' live in the plains, and the ''Saa'' in the center of a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dugun Language
The Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. ''Yag Dii'' is the ethnonym. ''Ethnologue'' lists ''Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok'' as dialects, and notes that Goom may be a separate language. Blench (2004) lists them all, as well as ''Phaane'', as separate languages, no closer to each other than they are to the other Dii languages, Duupa, Dugun (Panõ). Varieties The Duupa (5,000 speakers) used to live in the mountains to the east of Poli (in Poli commune, Faro department, North Region). Today, the vast majority have descended from the mountains and now live in the Lobi River plains (around the junction where the Ngaoundéré-Garoua road passes) and in Poli. The Dugun, also called Pa'no (7,000 speakers (Lars Lode 1997)), live southeast of Poli in the North Region (in Poli commune, Faro commune, and Lagdo commune in Bénoué department). The ''Dugun'' live in the plains, and the ''Saa'' in the center of a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
