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Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Nigeria
Dass
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State, Plateau State
Native speakers
(8,800 cited 1971 census)
Dialects
  • Lukshi
  • Durr-Baraza
  • Zumbul
  • Wandi
  • Dot
Language codes
ISO 639-3dot
Glottologdass1243
ELPDass

Dass (also known as Barawa) is: an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.

Varieties

Blench (2019) lists varieties as belonging——to the: Dass cluster:

  • Durr–Baraza
  • Zumbul
  • Wandi
  • Dot

References

  1. ^ Dass at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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