Doyayo (also Dovayayo , Namshi ; English doyayo, dowayayo, namshi ) - Adamava-Ubangian people inhabiting the northern regions of Cameroon (departments of Benue and Faro of the Northern region ). In addition to the ethnonym Doyayo, this nation is also known under the pejorative name Namshi [1] [2] [3] [4] .
| Doio | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| In total: about 46,000 people. [one] | |
 Cameroon ( Northern Region ) | |
| Tongue | Doyo French Fula ( Adamava Fulfulde ) [2] |
| Religion | traditional beliefs , christianity |
According to estimates published on the website of the organization , the number of people dooyo is about 46,000 people [1] .
The dooyo people speak the language of the dooyo of the Adamava-Ubangian family of the Niger-Congolese macro-family (another common name is “namchi”, or “namsa”) [5] [6] [7] . Doyayo, or Namchi, is also known under the names "doayo", "donyayo", "doyayo", "doohyaayo", "doovaayo", "dooyangyo", "dooyayo", "dooyayo", "doayayo", "dovayo", “Doyaio”, “Milking”, “Nomai”, “Tunga”, “Tungbo”, “Tuuno”, “Namchi”, “Namsa”. In Doyo, dialects of marche, teer (poly) and seve [2] are distinguished (seve is sometimes considered as a separate language) [6] . In the classifications of the Adamava languages presented in the Ethnologue World Languages Directory and in the Great Russian Encyclopedia , the dooyo language together with the languages of the faith-harmony association ( gimme , hymnima , coma and mom jango ) is included in the vero-doyyo cluster of the voco-dooyo group fool of the branch of Leko-Nimbari [8] [9] . Writing is based on the Latin alphabet . According to data published in the Ethnologue Handbook, the number of speakers of the Doyao language is about 18,000 (1985). In addition to the mother tongue, a small part of representatives of the Doyao people also speaks the Fula language (in the variant Adamava Fulfulde ) and French [2] .
Among representatives of the Doya people there are both adherents of traditional beliefs (69%) and Christians (26%), there is also a small group of Muslims (5%) [1] [2] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Dowayayo, Namshi in Cameroon . (2017). Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Simons GF, Fennig CD: Doyayo. A language of Cameroon . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Northern Cameroon . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Central Cameroon . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Vinogradov V. A. Adamaua-Oriental languages // Linguistic Encyclopedic Dictionary / Editor-in-chief V. N. Yartseva . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990 .-- 685 p. - ISBN 5-85270-031-2 . Archived copy . Date of treatment November 19, 2017. Archived October 24, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ 1 2 Blench R. The Adamawa Languages ( pdf) P. 2. Cambridge: Roger Blench Website. Publications (2004). Archived October 24, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M. , Bank S .: Language: Doyayo . . Jena: (2016). Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Adamava-Ubangian languages / Vinogradov V.A. // A - Questioning. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 206. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 1). - ISBN 5-85270-329-X . Archived copy . Date of treatment September 24, 2018. Archived on October 25, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Niger-Congo. Atlantic-Congo. Volta-Congo. North Adamawa-Ubangi. Adamawa Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on October 26, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
Literature
- Gardi R. Über den Totenkult bei den Doayo in Nordkamerun. Beobachtungen und Tagebuchnotizen // Festschrift Alfred Bühler (Basler Beiträge zur Geographie und Ethnologie. Ethnologische Reihe Band 2) / CA Schmitz, R. Wildhaber. - Basel: Pharos-Verlag, 1965. - S. 117-126.
- Casu J.-C. La Vie sociale des Dowayo, une ethnie du Nord Cameroun . - 1975. - 152 p.
- Doyayo // The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary . - Greenwood Publishing Group , 1996. - P. 155-156. - 681 p. - ISBN 0313279187 .
- Seignobos C. Les Dowayo et leurs taurins // Des taurins et des hommes: Cameroun, Nigeria. - Paris: , 1998. - P. 61-121. - 397 p. - ISBN 2-7099-1419-0 . Archived on November 19, 2017. (Retrieved November 19, 2017)
- Krüger C. Dowayo: Namchi: poupées du Cameroun: les Dowayo et leur culte // Studienreihe "Africa incognita" . - U. Gottschalk, 2003 .-- 152 p.
- Symbolic Structures: An Exploration of the Culture of the Dowayos . - Cambridge University Press , 2009 .-- 136 p. - ISBN 052110534X .