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Languages
Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.
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- Daba languageDaba (also known as Dabba) is a Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province and in one village in neighboring Nigeria. Blench (2006) considers Mazagway to be a dialect.
- DamaLe dama est une langue adamawa-oubanguienne du groupe Mbum parlée au Cameroun dans la Région du Nord, le département de la Bénoué et l'arrondissement de Rey-Bouba.
- Dek languageSpurious languages are languages that have been reported as existing in reputable works, while other research has reported that the language in question did not exist. Some spurious languages have been proven to not exist.
- Denya languageDenyang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon Manyu languages (of the Anyang tribe). It is spoken by five main clans: Ayang, Baku, Betieku, Bantah, Awanchi, they are divergent enough to perhaps be considered separate languages.
- Dii languagesThe Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Yag Dii is the ethnonym.
- Doyayo languageDoyayo (ethnonym: Dowayo) is a language of the Duru branch of Adamawa languages spoken in Cameroon.
- Duala languageDuala (native name: Duálá) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Duala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawabantu. It is a tonal language with subject–verb–object word order.
- DugunLe dugun (ou pani, panon, pa’non, pape, saa) est une langue de l'Adamaoua parlée au Cameroun dans la Région du Nord, le département du Faro, l'arrondissement de Poli et au sud-est de Poli.
- Duli–Gewe languageDuli (Gewe, Gueve, Gey) is an extinct Adamawa language of northern Cameroon.
- DuupaLe duupa (ou doupa, dupa, nduupa, saa) est une langue de l'Adamaoua parlée au Cameroun dans la Région du Nord, les départements du Faro et de la Bénoué, à l'est de Poli, par la population Duupa.
- DzodinkaDzodinka or Lidzonka is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
- Ɗugwor languageƊugwor is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Blench (2006) considers Mikere dialect to be a separate language.
