Ɗugwor | |
States: | Cameroon |
Region: | Far North Province |
Speakers: | 5,000 |
Date: | 2001 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
Fam4: | Wandala–Mafa |
Fam5: | Mafa (A.5) |
Fam6: | South (b) |
Iso3: | dme |
Glotto: | dugw1239 |
Glottorefname: | Dugwor |
Dia1: | Mikere |
Ɗugwor is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Blench (2006) considers Mikere dialect to be a separate language.[1]
The Dugwor have historically lived in two small massifs known as Dugwor and Mékéri, located in the south of Mayo-Ranéo. They now inhabit the neighboring plain of Tchakidjeke (west of Tchéré canton, Méri commune, Diamaré department, Far North region). They are part of the Mofu ethnic group; their neighbors call them Mofu-Dugwor.[2]