Daba language

<p>Daba (also known as Dabba) is a <a href="/facts/Chadic_language/njfXyWcp">Chadic</a> <a href="/facts/Dialect_cluster/0QAuqxp3">dialect cluster</a> spoken in <a href="/facts/Cameroon/QnrdY05C">Cameroon</a> in <a href="/facts/Far_North_Province/gRPHbjMo">Far North Province</a> and in one village in neighboring <a href="/facts/Nigeria/gbW17BX8">Nigeria</a>. Blench (2006) considers <a href="/facts/Mazagway_language/lnXLYgTr">Mazagway</a> to be a dialect.
</p><p>Daba is spoken throughout the northern part of the <a href="/facts/Mayo-Louti/XQ59sWUx">Mayo-Louti</a> department in the Northern Region (in <a href="/facts/Mayo-Oulo/2bbaL3pA">Mayo-Oulo</a> commune), extending slightly into <a href="/facts/Mayo-Tsanaga/p1Wto6nf">Mayo-Tsanaga</a> Department (in <a href="/facts/Hina%2c_Cameroon/1fWxnzsf">Hina</a> and <a href="/facts/Bourrha/Ceyf1AUQ">Bourrha</a> communes) and <a href="/facts/Diamar%25C3%25A9/30GAPJBa">Diamaré</a> Department (<a href="/facts/Ndoukoula/XNpynGE2">Ndoukoula</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Mayo-Oulo/2bbaL3pA">Mayo-Oulo</a> commune and in the Garoua Daba area (enclave of Hina commune) and in <a href="/facts/Bourrha/Ceyf1AUQ">Bourrha</a> commune. Tpala, in the northeast, is spoken in the <a href="/facts/Ndoukoula/XNpynGE2">Ndoukoula</a> area.
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Daba language