Dong, or Donga, is a poorly documented language in
Nigeria
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. Though clearly
Niger–Congo, it is difficult to classify; British linguist
Roger Blench
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proposes that it is one of the
Dakoid languages, the closest to
Gaa.
References
Bibliography
*Blench, Roger (n.d.) 'The Dɔ̃ (Dong) language and its affinities'. Ms. circulated at the ''27th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics'', Leiden, 1994.
*Blench, Roger (2008
'Prospecting proto-Plateau' Manuscript.
* Blench, Roger (2011
'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu' ''Bantu IV'', Humboldt University, Berlin.
Northern Bantoid languages
Languages of Nigeria
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