Dass (also known as Barawa) is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.[1]
Dass | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State, Plateau State |
Native speakers | (8,800 cited 1971 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dot |
Glottolog | dass1243 |
ELP | Dass |
Varieties
editBlench (2019) lists varieties as belonging to the Dass cluster:[2]
- Durr–Baraza
- Zumbul
- Wandi
- Dot
References
edit- ^ a b Dass at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.