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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Donga,Dong language

<b>Description:</b>

The Dong language (leec Gaeml) is a Kradai (and Zhuang-Dong) language spoken by the Dong people of China. It has been traditionally written in a variant of Chinese characters. A new spelling based on the Latin alphabet was developed in 1958, but it is not used very much, due to a lack of printed material and trained teachers.
Ethnologue distinguishes two Dong dialects as separate but very closely related "languages" with the codes doc and kmc.
Dong has 32 syllable-initial consonants; seven of them (tʃ-, tʃʰ-, ʃ-, ɻ-, f-, ts- and tsʰ-) only occur in recent loanwords from Chinese.
Dong has 64 syllable finals; 14 of them occur only in Chinese loans and are not listed in the table below.
The phonetic value of the vowel in the finals spelled -ab, -ad and -ag, is [ɐ] in syllables that have the tones -l, -p and -c (see table below); in syllables with tones -s, -t and -x, it is [a]. The phonetic value of the vowel in the finals spelled -eb, -ed and -eg, is [ə] in syllables that have the tones -l, -p and -c; in syllables with tones -s, -t and -x, it is [e].
Dong is a tonal language. Open syllables can occur in one of nine different tones, checked syllables in six tones (so-called entering<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=3152848 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Dong Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/nigeria Nigeria]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>doh</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Niger-Congo Group]]

    [[Atlantic-Congo Group]]

      [[Volta-Congo Group]]

        [[Benue-Congo Group]]

          [[Bantoid Group]]

            [[Northern Bantoid Group]]

              [[Dakoid Group]]

                <b>[[Dong Language]]</b>

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