Dera

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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
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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).