Kutin is a member of the
Duru
Duru is a ward and a village in Babati Rural District of the Manyara Region of Tanzania. Duru is one of the five villages that makes up Duru ward. Thus, the name Duru is also the name of the administrative ward. The ward comprises five village ...
branch of
Savanna languages. Most Nigerian speakers moved to Cameroon when the
Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. It is located in the eastern provinces of Taraba and Adamawa to the border with Cameroon. Th ...
was established.
Dialects
The dialects of Paara (Kutin) are as follows.
Paara (Páárá) is spoken in the northwestern part of
Tignère commune (
Faro and Deo departments, Adamaoua Region), between the aforementioned town and the Nigerian border by about 15,000 speakers.
Paara Muura, by far the most important variety, is the most northerly dialect (
Mayo Baléo commune, Faro and Deo departments, Adamaoua Region), along with Gadjiwan and Aimé, northwest of Tignère.
Zongbi is spoken southeast of Tignère near Djombi,
Ngaoundéré commune,
Vina department, Adamaoua Region.
Dan Muura is an isolated dialect in the northeast of Banyo (
Banyo commune,
Mayo-Banyo
Mayo-Banyo is a department of Adamawa Province in Cameroon.
The department covers an area of 8,520 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 134,902. The capital of the department lies at Banyo.
Subdivisions
The department is divided a ...
department, Adamaoua Region).
Blench (2004) considers the three varieties, Peere, Potopo (Kotopo), and Patapori, to be separate languages.
References
*Roger Blench, 2004
List of Adamawa languages(ms)
{{Adamawa languages
Duru languages
Languages of Cameroon
Ethnic groups in Adamawa State