Dong language (Nigeria)
{{Short description|Niger–Congo language of Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Dong
|nativename=Donga
|states=Nigeria
|region=Taraba State, Adamawa State
|speakers=5,000
|date=1998
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Dakoid
|fam5=Gaa–Dong
|iso3=doh
|glotto=dong1293
|glottorefname=Dong
}}
Dong, or Donga, is a poorly documented language in Nigeria. Though clearly Niger–Congo, it is difficult to classify; British linguist Roger Blench proposes that it is one of the Dakoid languages, the closest to Gaa.
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Bibliography
- Blench, Roger (n.d.) 'The Dɔ̃ (Dong) language and its affinities'. Ms. circulated at the 27th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden, 1994.
- Blench, Roger (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407193342/http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/BC/Plateau/General/Prospecting%20proto-Plateau%20Unicode.pdf 'Prospecting proto-Plateau']. Manuscript.
- Blench, Roger (2011) [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Bantoid/General/Blench%20Bantu%20IV%20Berlin%20Bantoid%202011.pdf 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu']. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
{{Northern Bantoid languages}}
{{Languages of Nigeria}}
Category:Northern Bantoid languages
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