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.