Harshen Duli

Harshen Duli
Dangin harshen	Harsunan Nijar-Congo Harsunan Atlantic-Congo Harsunan Volta-Congo Adamawa–Ubangi (en) Harsunan Leko-Nimbari Harsunan Daru Harshen Duli
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	duz
Glottolog	duli1241

Duli (Gewe, Gueve, Gey) ɓataccen harshen Adamawa ne na arewacin Kamaru .

Blench (2004) yana danganta Duli zuwa ga bacewar harshen Gey (Gewe); Glottolog ya bayyana cewa Gey ba a nuna shi azaman harshe na musamman. Duli da Gewe (Gey) nau'ikan harshe ne masu alaƙa, kuma wataƙila yaruka ne na yare ɗaya a cewar Kleinewillinghöfer (2015). An yi magana da su a kewayen kogin Benue da Mayo-Kebbi, kuma an rubuta su da jerin kalmomi a Strümpell (1922/23).

Ko da yake Boyd (1989:184) ya ware Duli a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin harsunan Duru, Kleinewillinghöfer bai sami wata shaida da ke nuna cewa harshen Duru ba ne kuma ya ɗauke shi a matsayin wata ƙungiya ta daban a cikin Adamawa–Gur continuum .

Rarrabawa

A yau, Gey, waɗanda adadinsu ya kai kusan mutane 1,000 a gabashin Pitoa (Pitoa commune, Bénoué sashen, yankin Arewa), bisa ga taswirar yawan jama'a na ORTOM na 1964. SIL (1982) ya ƙiyasta yawan ƙabilun a matsayin 1,900. Yan Gey yanzu sun amince da Lamido na Tchéboa a matsayin shugabansu, kuma a halin yanzu suna magana da Fulfulde kawai.

Ana magana da Duli kusa da Pitoa (kwaryar Pitoa) da Garoua (sashen Bénoué, Yankin Arewa). Eldridge Mohammadou ya kuma lura cewa an tattara wasu kalmomin Duli kaɗan ne kawai. A sakamakon haka, ainihin harshen ba shi da takardun shaida.