Damakawa language
Damakawa is a moribund Benue–Congo language of northwest Nigeria. The language has become extinct, there are no longer any speakers of the language, although the oldest people can remember a few words. Approximately 80 or so words and phrases were collected, with difficulty, in April 2008 (the language seems to have been unknown to linguists until then).
| Damakawa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kebbi State |
| Ethnicity | 500–1,000 (2008) |
| Extinct | 20th century |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dam |
| Glottolog | dama1268 |
| ELP | Damakawa |
The Damakawa have shifted to the nearby larger language C'Lela, and it is likely that all, or almost all of them, also speak the lingua franca Hausa. The Hausa name for the ethnic group is also Damakawa.
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