The Duru languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G4" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.
Kleinewillinghöfer (2012) also observes many morphological similarities between the Samba-Duru and Central Gur languages.Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich (2012). Correlations of the Noun Class Systems of Central Adamawa and Proto Central Gur.
Languages Duli (extinct) Dii: Duupa, Dugun (Panõ), Dii (Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok) Peere (Kutin) Longto (Voko) Vere–Dowayo Dowayo Sewe Koma Vere
However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru as a unified group.
Classification In the Adamawa Languages Project site, Kleinewillinghöfer (2015) classifies the Samba-Duru group as follows (see also Leko languages).Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2015. Samba-Duru group. Adamawa Languages Project.
Samba-Duru Vere (Verre) Jango (Mom Jango)Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich (2015). Notes on Jango (Mom Jango). Vere cluster (Momi, Vere Kaadam) Wɔmmu (Wongi, Wɔŋgi) Nissim-Eilim Kobom, Karum (Vere Kari), Danum Vɔmnəm (Koma Vomni) Gəunəm cluster: Yarəm, Lim, Gbaŋrɨm, Baidəm, Zanəm, Ləələm, etc. Damtəm (Koma Damti), etc. Gəmme (Gimme) (Koma)Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich (2015). Gimme-Vere and Doyayo: Comparative Wordlists. Gəmnəm (Gəmnime, Gimnime): Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime Gəmme (Kompana, Panme): Yəgme, Dehnime; Baanime Doyayo (Dooya̰a̰yɔ):Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich (2015). Doyayo. Markɛ; Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of Poli); Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of the mountains) Duru Dii cluster Dugun (Paape, Sa) Duupa (Paape) Pɛrɛ (Pere, Kutin): Gaziwaːlɛ, Nɔlti), ˀAːlti; Zɔŋ Pɛrɛ (Potopo) Lɔŋto (Voko, Woko) Samba (Samba Leeko, Leko) Samba cluster Mubaako (Məbaako, Mumbaako, Nyong) KolbilaLittig, Sabine (2017). Kolbila: Geography and history. Pɛrɛma (Wom)
Names and locations Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
Language Cluster Dialects Alternate spellings Own name for language Other names (location-based) Other names for language Speakers Location(s) Mom Jango Mom Jango Vere (see also Momĩ, Were, Verre, Kobo (in Cameroon) 20,000 total (including Momĩ, 4,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL) Adamawa State, Fufore LGA Momi Ziri Vere (this also includes Mom Jango, q.v.), Were, Verre, Kobo (in Cameroon) 20,000 total (including Mom Jango), 4,000 in Cameroon (1982 SIL) Adamawa State, Yola and Fufore LGAs; and in Cameroon Koma cluster Koma The correspondences between the Cameroonian and Nigerian names are uncertain Kuma, Koma (a Fulfulde cover term for Gomme, Gomnome, Ndera; ALCAM treats them as separate though closely related languages) 3,000 (1982 SIL); majority in Cameroon Adamawa State, Ganye and Fufore LGAs, in the Alantika Mountains; also in Cameroon Gomme Koma Gәmme Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe Gomnome Koma Gọmnọme Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo Ndera Koma Vomni, Doome, Doobe
Footnotes
References Roger Blench, 2004. List of Adamawa languages (ms)
External links Samba-Duru (Adamawa Languages Project)