Duka language

"Hun language" redirects here. For the language spoken by the Huns, see Hunnic language.
Duka
Saare, Hun-Saare
Native to Nigeria
Region Kebbi State, Niger State
Native speakers
(73,000 cited 1985)[1]
Dialects
  • Hun (Saare)
  • Saare
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dud
Glottolog huns1239[2]

Duka, or Saare, is a Kainji language of Nigeria. The eastern and western dialects are known as Hun and Saare in the literature, but speakers use Saare for both.

References

  1. Duka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hun-Saare". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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