| Dakoid | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo
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| Subdivisions: |
(unclear)
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The Dakoid languages are a small putative group of languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria:
Greenberg placed Samba Daka within his Adamawa proposal, as group G3, but Bennett (1983) demonstrated to general satisfaction that it is a Benue–Congo language, though its placement within Benue–Congo is disputed. Blench (2010) considers it to be Bantoid. Boyd (ms), however, considers Daka an isolate branch within Niger–Congo (Blench 2008).
Dong, though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify, there is no published data on Tiba, and Taram (listed as a dialect of Daka by Ethnologue) is only known from data collected in 1931 (Blench 2008).