Dass | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State, Plateau State |
Native speakers | (8,800 cited 1971 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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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]
Blench (2019) lists varieties as belonging to the Dass cluster:[2]
Official languages | |
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National languages | |
Recognised languages | |
Indigenous languages | |
Sign languages | |
Immigrant languages | |
Scripts |
Hausa– Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
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Bole– Tangale (A.2) |
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Angas (A.3) | |||||||
Ron (A.4) | |||||||
Bade (B.1) | |||||||
North Bauchi (Warji) (B.2) | |||||||
South Bauchi (Barawa) (B.3) |
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Others | |||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |