Kutin is a member of the
Duru branch of
Savanna languages
The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui families.
History of classification
The Gur–Adamawa link was demonstrated in ...
. 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. T ...
was established.
Dialects
The dialects of Paara (Kutin) are as follows.
Paara (Páárá) is spoken in the northwestern part of
Tignère
Tignère is a town and commune in Cameroon.
Climate
Tignère has a tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categori ...
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 Mayo often refers to:
* Mayonnaise, often shortened to "mayo"
* Mayo Clinic, a medical center in Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo may also refer to:
Places
Antarctica
* Mayo Peak, Marie Byrd Land
Australia
* Division of Mayo, an Aust ...
commune, Faro and Deo departments, Adamaoua Region), along with Gadjiwan and Aimé, northwest of Tignère.
Zongbi is spoken southeast of Tignère near Djombi,
Ngaoundéré
Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l' ...
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