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Dazawa language

Daza or Dazawa is listed by Blench (2006) as a Chadic language within the Bole group, spoken in a few villages of Darazo LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was confirmed to exist in 2021. The language is nearly extinct with only elderly speakers speaking the language. Native speakers have shifted to Hausa.

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Daza
Dazawa
Native toNigeria
RegionBauchi State
Native speakers
100 (2022)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3dzd
Glottologdaza1244

Daza or (in Hausa) Dazawa is listed by Blench (2006) as a Chadic language within the Bole group,2 spoken in a few villages of Darazo LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. It was confirmed to exist in 2021.3 The language is nearly extinct with only elderly speakers speaking the language. Native speakers have shifted to Hausa.1

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Notes

  1. Daza at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. "ISO 639-3 Registration. Authority Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code" (PDF). iso639-3.sil.org. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.