Dass language

{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Dass

|states=Nigeria

|region=Bauchi State, Plateau State

|speakers=8,800

|date=1971 census

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=West Chadic

|fam4=Barawa (B.3)

|fam5=Zaar

|iso3=dot

|glotto=dass1243

|glottorefname=Dass

|dia1=Lukshi

|dia2=Durr-Baraza

|dia3=Zumbul

|dia4=Wandi

|dia5=Dot

}}

Dass (also known as Barawa) is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.

Varieties

Blench (2019) lists varieties as belonging to the Dass cluster:{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}

  • Durr–Baraza
  • Zumbul
  • Wandi
  • Dot

References

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{{Languages of Nigeria}}

{{West Chadic languages}}

Category:West Chadic languages

Category:Languages of Nigeria

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