Duru languages
The Duru languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G4" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.
Kleinewillinghöfer also observes many morphological similarities between the Samba-Duru and Central Gur languages.
Languages
However, Guldemann casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru as a unified group.Classification
In the Adamawa Languages Project site, Kleinewillinghöfer classifies the Samba-Duru group as follows.;Samba-Duru
- Vere
- *Jango
- *Vere cluster
- *Wɔmmu
- *Nissim-Eilim
- *Kobom, Karum, Danum
- *Vɔmnəm
- *Gəunəm cluster: Yarəm, Lim, Gbaŋrɨm, Baidəm, Zanəm, Ləələm, etc.
- *Damtəm, etc.
- Gəmme
- *Gəmnəm : Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime
- *Gəmme : Yəgme, Dehnime; Baanime
- Doyayo : Markɛ; Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ ; Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ
- Duru
- *Dii cluster
- *Dugun
- *Duupa
- *Pɛrɛ, ˀAːlti; Zɔŋ Pɛrɛ
- *Lɔŋto
- Samba
- *Samba cluster
- *Mubaako
- *Kolbila
- *Pɛrɛma
Names and locations
| Language | Cluster | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Other names | Other names for language | Speakers | Location |
| Mom Jango | Mom Jango | Vere | 20,000 total | Adamawa State, Fufore LGA | ||||
| Momi | Ziri | Vere, Were, Verre, Kobo | 20,000 total, 4,000 in Cameroon | Adamawa State, Yola and Fufore LGAs; and in Cameroon | ||||
| Koma cluster | Koma | The correspondences between the Cameroonian and Nigerian names are uncertain | Kuma, Koma | 3,000 ; majority in Cameroon | Adamawa State, Ganye and Fufore LGAs, in the Alantika Mountains; also in Cameroon | |||
| Gomme | Koma | Gәmme | Damti, Koma Kampana, Panbe | |||||
| Gomnome | Koma | Gọmnọme | Mbeya, Gimbe, Koma Kadam, Laame, Youtubo | |||||
| Ndera | Koma | Vomni, Doome, Doobe |