Bata language
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Bata language
| Bata | |
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| Gbwata | |
| Spoken in | Nigeria, Cameroon |
| Region | Adamawa State, North Province |
| Native speakers | 152,500 (1992) |
| Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bta |
Ethnic territories of the Bata-speaking people (Batta) in Nigeria, in blue
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Bata (Gbwata) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Numan, Song, Fufore, and Mubi LGAs, and in Cameroon in North Province along the border with Nigeria. Dialects are Demsa, Garoua, Jirai, Kobotachi, Malabu, Ndeewe, Ribaw, Wadi, and Zumu.[1] It is often considered the same language as Bacama.
Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
- Map of Bata language from the LL-Map Project
- Information on Bata language from the MultiTree Project
- Ethnologue entry for Bata
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