Dama language (Sierra Leone) should not be confused with Dama language (disambiguation).
Dama | |
States: | Sierra Leone |
Extinct: | 1930s |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam1: | Niger–Congo |
Fam2: | Mande ? |
Fam3: | ... |
Fam4: | Vai–Kono ? |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | dama1262 |
Glottorefname: | Dama (Sierra Leone) |
Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone. It was replaced by Mende. Based on a few remembered words and toponyms, Dalby (1963) believed it to be a Northern Mande language, similar to Kono and Vai, but Glottolog leaves it unclassified.