Dakoid languages

The Dakoid languages are a small putative group of languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria: * Gaa–Dong * Donga (Dong) * Tiba (Gaa) * Daka–Taram * Taram * Daka (a dialect cluster of Dirim, Samba, Lamja, Dengsa, & Tola). Greenberg placed Samba Daka within his Adamawa proposal, as group G3, but Bennett (1983) demonstrated to general satisfaction that it is a Benue–Congo language, though its placement within Benue–Congo is disputed. Blench (2010) considers it to be Benue–Congo. Boyd (ms), however, considers Daka an isolate branch within Niger–Congo (Blench 2008).

Dakoid languages

The Dakoid languages are a small putative group of languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria: * Gaa–Dong * Donga (Dong) * Tiba (Gaa) * Daka–Taram * Taram * Daka (a dialect cluster of Dirim, Samba, Lamja, Dengsa, & Tola). Greenberg placed Samba Daka within his Adamawa proposal, as group G3, but Bennett (1983) demonstrated to general satisfaction that it is a Benue–Congo language, though its placement within Benue–Congo is disputed. Blench (2010) considers it to be Benue–Congo. Boyd (ms), however, considers Daka an isolate branch within Niger–Congo (Blench 2008).