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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.

Dong
Donga
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State, Adamawa State
Native speakers	5,000 (1998)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Dakoid Gaa–Dong Dong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	doh
Glottolog	dong1293
ELP	Dong

References

• 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.

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