Donga language

Not to be confused with Kam language.

Dong
Donga
Spoken in	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State, Adamawa State
Native speakers	5,000 (1998)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid? Dakoid Gaa–Dong Dong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`doh`

Dong, or Donga, is a poorly documented language of Nigeria. Though clearly Niger–Congo, is difficult to classify; Blench proposes that it is one of the Dakoid languages, closest to Gaa.

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.