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ISO 639-3 · damdam
Niger–Congo family

Damakawa

Damakawa is a language of the Northwest Kainji branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Nigeria.

9 · Dormant
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dam
Glottocode
dama1268
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
9EGIDS level

Facts

NameDamakawa
Also calledDamakawa language

Vitality

EGIDS 9 Dormant9

Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Damakawa

The branches above Damakawa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch37Kainjibranch4Northwest KainjibranchdamDamakawalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Nigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Nigeria

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpcmNigerian Pidginunclassified · 47.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialiboIgboNiger–Congo · 27 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mfuvNigerian FulfuldeNiger–Congo · 14.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationefiEfikNiger–Congo · 2.7 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication