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Africa:
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| Variants |
Donga, Dongo, Dongo Nyo |
| Language affiliation |
Niger Congo |
| Language affiliation (details) |
Niger-Congo, Adamawa Eastern, Eastern branch. |
| Geographic locations |
Democratic Republic of Congo, East of Watsa, Faradje territory, in the neighbourhood of Makolo, on Obi Kibali, the mountain peak in the South-East corner of Faradje Territory, near the Mangutu of Watsa Territory. |
| Language situation |
Seriously endangered language: the youngest speakers have reached or passed middle age |
| General presentation of the language |
It is a Adamawa Eastern language, different from Dongo, a dialect of Kresh of Sudan, Dong (Donga) of Nigeria, and Ndo, a Nilo-Saharan language.
The Dongo-Ko dialects were named after the area where they are spoken:
Ndakala, that this is considered to be the purest dialect;
Deso, an area that was for some time under Logo domination and accordingly its dialect was influenced linguistically;
Sirika, an area that was for some time under Logo domination and accordingly its dialect was influenced linguistically;
Sirika/Djama diverges more violently than the other dialects, due to the fact that in the past they were subjugated by their southern neighbours the Mangutu. |
| Number of speakers |
Approximately 5,000 (1971) |
| Socio-linguistic context – description |
Nothing definitive is known about a replacing language but the neighbouring peoples seem to have had some influence on the speech community. |
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| Unicode support |
Yes |
This item can be found in the following topics:
· Democratic Republic of Congo
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