Dong language (Nigeria)

Dong
Donga
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State, Adamawa State
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Dakoid Gaa–Dong Dong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	doh
Glottolog	dong1293
ELP	Dong

Dong, or Donga, is a poorly documented language in Nigeria. Though clearly Niger–Congo, it is difficult to classify; British linguist Roger Blench proposes that it is one of the Dakoid languages, the closest to Gaa.

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.