| Duli | |
|---|---|
| Duli-Gewe | |
| Region | northernCameroon |
| Extinct | Latter half of the 20th century[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | duz |
duz.html | |
| Glottolog | duli1241 |
Duli (Gewe, Gueve, Gey) is an extinctAdamawa language of northernCameroon.
Blench (2004) links Duli to the extinctGey (Gewe) language;Glottolog states that Gey is undemonstrated as a distinct language.[2] Duli and Gewe (Gey) were closely related language varieties, and were probably dialects of the same language according to Kleinewillinghöfer (2015). They were spoken around the confluence of the Benue andMayo-Kebbi Rivers, and are documented by a word list in Strümpell (1922/23).[3]
Although Boyd (1989:184)[4] had classified Duli as one of theDuru languages, Kleinewillinghöfer finds no evidence of it being a Duru language and treats it as a separate group within theAdamawa–Gur continuum.[5]
Today, the Gey, who number about a 1,000 people in the east ofPitoa (Pitoa commune,Bénoué department, North Region), according to theORSTOM population map of 1964. SIL (1982) estimates the ethnic population as 1,900. The Gey now recognize theLamido ofTchéboa as their ruler, and they currently speak onlyFulfulde.[6]
Duli is spoken nearPitoa (Pitoa commune) andGaroua (Bénoué department, North Region).Eldridge Mohammadou also notes that only a few Duli words had been collected. As a result, the language is essentially undocumented.[6]
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