The Dakoid languages are a branch of the
Northern Bantoid languages spoken in
Taraba and
Adamawa states of eastern
Nigeria.
Languages
*Gaa–Dong
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Donga (Dong)
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Gaa (Tiba)
*Daka–Taram
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Taram
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Daka (a
dialect cluster
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of Dirim, Samba, Lamja, Dengsa, and Tola).
Classification
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placed Samba Daka (Daka) within his
Adamawa proposal, as group G3, but Bennett (1983) demonstrated to general satisfaction that it is a
Benue–Congo language, though its placement within Benue–Congo is disputed. Blench (2010) considers it to be Benue–Congo. Boyd (ms), however, considers Daka an isolate branch within
Niger–Congo (Blench 2008).
Dong (Donga), though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify. There is no published data on
Gaa (Tiba), and
Taram (listed as a dialect of Daka by ''Ethnologue'') is only known from data collected in 1931 (Blench 2008).
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Footnotes
References
*Blench (2008
''Prospecting proto-Plateau'' Manuscript.
* Blench, Roger, 2011
'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu' ''Bantu IV'', Humboldt University, Berlin.
{{Niger-Congo branches
Northern Bantoid languages
Languages of Nigeria
Proposed language families