Hun-Saare language

"Hun language" redirects here. For the language spoken by the Huns, see Hunnic language.

Hun-Saare or Duka is a Kainji language of Nigeria. The eastern and western dialects are known as Hun (Ut-Hun) and Saare (Us-Saare), but speakers use Saare for both.

Hun-Saare
Duka
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kebbi State, Niger State
Native speakers	(73,000 cited 1985)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Northwest Kainji Hun-Saare
Dialects	Hun Saare
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: uss – Us-Saare uth – Ut-Hun
Glottolog	huns1239

References

1. Us-Saare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Ut-Hun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

• Sociolinguistic survey of the Duka (Hun-Saare) people