Dass language

Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Nigeria

Dass

Native to| Nigeria
Region| Bauchi State, Plateau State

Native speakers

| (8,800 cited 1971 census)[1]

Language family

Afro-Asiatic

* Chadic
* West Chadic
* Barawa (B.3)
* Zaar
* Dass

Dialects|

* Lukshi
* Durr-Baraza
* Zumbul
* Wandi
* Dot

Language codes
ISO 639-3| `dot`
Glottolog| `dass1243`
ELP| Dass

Dass (also known as Barawa) is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Bauchi State and Plateau State, Nigeria.[1]

## Varieties

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Blench (2019) lists varieties as belonging to the Dass cluster:[2]

* Durr–Baraza
* Zumbul
* Wandi
* Dot

## References

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1. ^ a b Dass at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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Languages of Nigeria

Official languages|

* English

National languages|

* Hausa
* Igbo
* Yoruba

Recognised languages|

* Berom
* Ebira
* Edo
* Efik-Ibibio
* Fulfulde
* Gbagyi
* Idoma
* Igala
* Ijaw
* Isoko
* Izere
* Jju
* Jukun
* Kanuri
* Nupe
* Karai-karai
* Tiv
* Tyap
* Ukwuani
* Urhobo

Indigenous languages|

Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state)

| Adamawa|

* Baa
* Bacama
* Bali
* Bata
* Boga
* Bura
* Chamba Leko
* Daba
* Daka
* Dong
* Fali of Mubi
* Ga'anda
* Gaa
* Gude
* Gudu
* Holma
* Huba
* Hwana
* Hya
* Kamwe
* Kanakuru
* Kirya-Konzəl
* Kofa
* Koma
* Kpasam
* Kugama
* Kumba
* Lamang
* Longuda
* Margi
* Margi South
* Mumuye
* Ngwaba
* Nyong
* Nzanyi
* Psikyɛ
* Sukur
* Taram
* Teme
* Tso
* Vere
* Waja
* Wom
* Yendang
* Zizilivakan

|

Akwa Ibom|

* Anaang
* Ekit
* Ibibio
* Obolo
* Oron

Bauchi|

* Ɓeele
* Bole
* Bure
* Ciwogai
* Dass
* Dazawa
* Deno
* Dikaka
* Dulbu
* Galambu
* Gera
* Geruma
* Giiwo
* Guruntum
* Jalaa
* Jarawa
* Jimi
* Karekare
* Kariya
* Kir-Balar
* Kubi
* Kushi
* Kusur–Myet
* Kutto
* Kwaami
* Labir
* Longuda
* Mangas
* Mburku
* Miya
* Pa'a
* Piya
* Polci
* Shiki
* Siri
* Tso
* Warji
* Zangwal
* Zumbun

Bayelsa|

* Izon
* Epie
* Urhobo-Isoko
* Southeast Ijo

Benue|

* Eggon
* Igede

Borno|

* Afade
* Bura
* Cibak
* Cineni
* Dghwede
* Glavda
* Gude
* Guduf-Gava
* Gvoko
* Jara
* Jilbe
* Kamwe
* Kanakuru
* Lamang
* Maaka
* Mafa
* Margi
* Margi South
* Nggwahyi
* Putai
* Tera
* Wandala
* Yedina

Cross River|

* Abanyom
* Efik
* Mbe
* Mbembe

Delta|

* Urhobo-Isoko
* Ika
* Izon
* Isoko
* Ukwuani
* Uhrobo

Edo|

* Afenmai
* Ishan
* Bini

Gombe|

* Awak
* Bangwinji
* Bole
* Dadiya
* Jara
* Kamo
* Ngamo
* Pero
* Tangale
* Tera
* Tula
* Waja

Jigawa|

* Bade
* Teshenawa

Kaduna|

* Adara
* Ahwai
* Anib
* Atsam
* Ayu
* Berom
* Bu-Ninkada
* Bina
* Bishi
* Cori
* Doka
* Dungu
* Duya
* Ekhwa
* Gbagyi-Gbari
* Gwandara
* Gyong
* Hasha
* Hausa
* Hyam
* Ikulu
* Jju
* Kaivi
* Kinuku
* Koonu
* Kuzamani
* Mada
* Mala
* Nghan
* Nikyob-Nindem
* Ninzo
* Numana
* Nungu
* Nyankpa
* Ruma
* Sambe
* Sha
* Shamang
* T'kurmi
* Timap
* TiSeni
* Tivori
* Toro
* Tugbiri-Niragu
* Tumi
* Tyap (Fantswam, Gworog, Sholyio, Takad, Tyap Mabatado, Tyecharak, Tyuku)
* Vono
* Wachi
* Zhire

Kano|

* Ɗuwai
* Hausa
* Tikurmi

Kebbi|

* Cipu
* Damakawa
* Hun-Saare

Kogi|

* Basa-Benue
* Bassa Nge
* Igala
* Nupe
* Oworo

Kwara|

* Kakanda
* Kupa
* Nupe

Nasarawa|

* Ake
* Alumu
* Basa-Benue
* Duhwa
* Eggon
* Hasha
* Jili
* Toro

Niger|

* Asu
* Bariba
* Cipu
* Gbagyi
* Gwandara
* Jijili
* Kakanda
* Nupe
* Pongu

Ondo|

* Itsekiri
* Izon
* Ukaan

Plateau|

* Barkul
* Berom
* Bogghom
* Bole
* Cakfem-Mushere
* Dass
* Fyam
* Fyer
* Goemai
* Horom
* Izere
* Jorto
* Koenoem
* Kofyar
* Kulere
* Miship
* Montol
* Mundat
* Mwaghavul
* Ngas
* Pe
* Pyapun
* Rigwe
* Ron
* Sha
* Sur
* Tal
* Tambas
* Tarok
* Tyap (Takad)
* Yankam
* Yiwom

Rivers|

* Abua
* Baan
* Biseni
* Defaka
* Degema
* Ekpeye
* Eleme
* Engenni
* Gokana
* Ijaw
* Ikwerre
* Kalabari
* Khana
* Kugbo
* Nkoroo
* O’chi’chi
* Obolo
* Obulom
* Odual
* Ogba
* Ogbogolo
* Ogbronuagum
* Ogoni
* Okodia
* Oruma
* Tee
* Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni

Taraba|

* Baissa Fali
* Bete
* Buru
* Dadiya
* Donga
* Kholok
* Kpati
* Laka
* Lufu
* Mumuye
* Nyam
* Nyingwom
* Pangseng
* Rang
* Tarok
* Waja
* Waka
* Yendang
* Yoti

Yobe|

* Bade
* Bole
* Ɗuwai
* Karekare
* Ngamo
* Ngizim

Sign languages|

* Nigerian Sign Language
* Bura Sign Language
* Hausa Sign Language

Immigrant languages|

* English
* French
* Spanish
* Portuguese
* Italian
* German
* Danish
* Dutch
* Russian
* Arabic
* Hebrew
* Punjabi
* Hindi
* Romani
* Japanese
* Chinese

Scripts|

* Pan-Nigerian alphabet
* Nigerian braille
* Medefaidrin

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West Chadic languages

Hausa–
Gwandara (A.1)|

* Gwandara
* Hausa

Bole–
Tangale (A.2)|

| Bole|

* Ɓeele
* Bole
* Bure
* Daza
* Deno
* Galambu
* Gera
* Geruma
* Giiwo
* Karai-karai
* Kubi
* Ngamo
* Maaka
* Pali

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Tangale|

* Goji
* Kanakuru
* Kholok
* Kulung
* Kutto
* Kwaami
* Nyam
* Pero
* Piya-Kwonci
* Tangale

Angas (A.3)|

* Belnəng
* Cakfem-Mushere
* Chakato (Jorto)
* Goemai
* Jibyal
* Koenoem
* Miler
* Miship
* Montol
* Mwaghavul
* Ngas
* Nteng
* Pan
* Pyapun
* Tal
* Yiwom

Ron (A.4)|

* Duhwa
* Fyer
* Kulere
* Mundat
* Ron
* Bokkos
* Daffo-Butura
* Shagawu
* Sha
* Tambas

Bade (B.1)|

* Auyokawa
* Bade
* Shirawa
* Ɗuwai
* Ngizim
* Teshenawa

North Bauchi
(Warji) (B.2)|

* Ajawa
* Ciwogai
* Diri
* Kariya
* Mburku
* Miya
* Paʼa
* Siri
* Warji
* Zumbun

South Bauchi
(Barawa) (B.3)|

| Zaar|

* Dass
* Geji
* Polci
* Saya
* Zari
* Zeem

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Guruntum|

* Guruntum-Mbaaru
* Ju
* Tala
* Zangwal

Boghom|

* Boghom
* Jimi
* Jum
* Kir-Balar
* Mangas

Others|

* Poki

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