Damakawa language

Damakawa ko ɗemngal Benue–Kongo gonngal e worgo-fuɗnaange Naajeeriya. Ɗemngal ngal nanii, haalooɓe ɗemngal ngal nattii woodde, hay so tawii noon ɓurɓe ɓooyde ɓee ina mbaawi siftorde kelme seeɗa. Ko ina tolnoo e 80 konngol e konnguɗi mooftaama, e caɗeele, e lewru abriil 2008 (ɗemngal ngal ina wayi no anndaaka e ɗemɗe haa ndeen).McGill, Stuart. 2008. The Damakawa language. Unpublished manuscript. .

Damakawa en mbayliima e ɗemngal ɓurngal mawnude ɓadtiingal C’Lela, ina gasa tawa kamɓe fof, walla ko famɗi fof, ina kaala kadi ɗemngal Hausa. Innde Hausa ngam leñol ngol kadi ko Damakawa.

 Senngo Tuugnaade e ngalɗoo doosgal tokosal, ngal laaɓtaani, ina saɗi renndinde Damakawa no feewi. Ina gasa tawa ɓuri moƴƴude ko e caltal Kainji to Fuɗnaange-rewo Benue–Kongo. Konnguɗi mooftaaɗi ɗii ina kollita nanndugol e ɗemɗe C’Lela e Kambari fof, ina waawi tawa ko kelme Kambari ɗee ko ñamaale walla ko siftorde bonnde. 

 Inɗe goɗɗe Haalooɓe Cicipu ɓadiiɓe ina mbiya ɗemngal Damakawa 'Tidama'un'. E nder ɗemngal njulaagu Hausa innde tammbiinde ɗemngal ngal wonata ko Damakanci, sibu yimɓe ɓee ina mbiya Damakawa. Kono Damakawa wayi ko no ɓuri yiɗeede ko Damakawa en e koye mum en, ko waawi heen wonde fof. 

 Peccitagol geɗe leydi Yimɓe Damakawa ina gasa tawa ina njogii fotde 500-1000 neɗɗo, ina nguuri e gure tati walla nayi saraaji Maganda e nder diiwaan laamu Sakaba, to diiwaan Kebbi.