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Daba (also known as Dabba) is a Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province and in one village in neighboring Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers Mazagway to be a dialect.[2]

Daba
Native to	Cameroon, Nigeria
Region	Far North Province; Adamawa State
Native speakers	25,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Daba languages (A.7) South Daba
Dialects	Daba Mazagway (Musgoy) Nive Pologozom Tpala (Kola)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dbq
Glottolog	nucl1683
ELP	Daba

Daba is spoken throughout the northern part of the Mayo-Louti department in the Northern Region (in Mayo-Oulo commune), extending slightly into Mayo-Tsanaga Department (in Hina and Bourrha communes) and Diamaré Department (Ndoukoula commune in the Far North Region). Daba (Kanakana), the most western variety that is isolated from the rest of the dialects, is spoken in Douroum, in the northern part of the Mayo-Oulo commune and in the Garoua Daba area (enclave of Hina commune) and in Bourrha commune. Tpala, in the northeast, is spoken in the Ndoukoula area.[3]

Notes

References

• J. Mouchet. 1966. Le parler daba: esquisse grammaticale. Yaounde: Institut de Recherches Scientifiques du Cameroun.

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