Ɗugwor language

{{Short description|Chadic language of northern Cameroon}} {{Infobox language |name=Ɗugwor |states=Cameroon |region=Far North Province |speakers=5,000 |date=2001 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=Chadic |fam3=Biu–Mandara |fam4=Wandala–Mafa |fam5=Mafa (A.5) |fam6=South (b) |iso3=dme |glotto=dugw1239 |glottorefname=Dugwor |dia1=Mikere }}

'''Ɗugwor''' is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Blench (2006) considers Mikere dialect to be a separate language.<ref>Blench, 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)</ref>

The Dugwor have historically lived in two small massifs known as Dugwor and Mékéri, located in the south of Mayo-Ranéo. They now inhabit the neighboring plain of Tchakidjeke (west of Tchéré canton, Méri commune, Diamaré department, Far North region). They are part of the Mofu ethnic group; their neighbors call them Mofu-Dugwor.<ref name="ALCAM2012">{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}</ref>

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