Daka language

Daka
Regionnorthern Nigeria
EthnicityChamba people, others
Native speakers
(120,000 cited 1992–2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Nnakenyare
  • Mapeo
  • Jangani
  • Lamja
  • Dirim
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ccg – Chamba Daka
dir – Dirim
ldh – Lamja–Dengsa–Tola
Glottologtara1325

Daka (Dakka, Dekka, rarely Deng or Tikk) is one of two languages spoken by the Chamba people in Nigeria, the other being Chamba Leko.

  1. ^ Chamba Daka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Dirim at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Lamja–Dengsa–Tola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)