Social:Dama language (Sierra Leone)

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Short description: Extinct language from Sierra Leone
Dama
Native toSierra Leone
Extinct1930s
Niger–Congo
  • Mande ?
    • ...
      • Vai–Kono ?
        • Dama
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologdama1262[1]

Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone. It was replaced by Mende. Based on a few remembered words and toponyms, Dalby (1963) believed it to be a Northern Mande language, similar to Kono and Vai, but Glottolog leaves it unclassified.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Dama (Sierra Leone)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/dama1262. 




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