Dama Language (other)
Dama may refer to: *A dialect of the Khoekhoe language spoken by the Damara people *Dama language (Cameroon), possibly a dialect of Mono *Dama language (Sierra Leone) Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone. It was replaced by Mende language, Mende. Based on a few remembered words and toponyms, Dalby (1963) believed it to be a Northern Mande language The Mande languages are spoken in several countri ...

Khoekhoe Language
The Khoekhoe language (), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (''Namagowab'') , Damara (''ǂNūkhoegowab''), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a grouping now recognized as obsolete. It belongs to the Khoe language family, and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa primarily by three ethnic groups: Namakhoen, ǂNūkhoen, and Haiǁomkhoen. History The Haiǁom, who had spoken a Juu language, later shifted to Khoekhoe. The name for the speakers, '' Khoekhoen'', is from the word ''khoe'' "person", with reduplication and the suffix ''-n'' to indicate the general plural. Georg Friedrich Wreede was the first European to study the language, after arriving in ǁHui!gaeb (later Cape Town) in 1659. Status Khoekhoe is a national language in Namibia. In Namibia and South Africa, state-owned broadcasting ...
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Dama Language (Cameroon)
Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon. Dama, a closely related variety that may have been a dialect of Mono, is already extinct. It was located in the arrondissement of Rey Bouba (Mayo-Rey department, North Region). Distribution Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey Mayo-Rey is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 36,529 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 242,441 . The capital of the department lies at Tcholliré. Spillover of CAR War According to the ... department, Northern Region). Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde. References *Blench, Roger and Stefan EldersA wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun Languages of Cameroon Mbum languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub ...
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