Dera

Facts

  • Language: Dera
  • Alternate names: Dla, Dra, Kamberataro, Kamberatoro, Mangguar, Menggwa Dla, Duka-Ekor
  • Language code: kbv
  • Language family: Senagi (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 1,200
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Christian, traditional religion.

    Laycock (1973) lists two separate languages--Dera (Dra) and Duka-Ekor--although all data from the latter come from Voorhoeve (1971), citing Galis (1956). These are, however, mutually intelligible dialects of the same language (de Sousa 2006).