Bata language
| Bata | |
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| Gbwata | |
| Native to | Nigeria, Cameroon |
| Region | Adamawa State, North Province |
Native speakers | 150,000 (1992)[1] |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bta – inclusive codeIndividual code: kso – Kofa (not a distinct language)[3] |
| Glottolog |
bata1314[4] |
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Ethnic territories of the Bata-speaking people (Batta) in Nigeria, in blue | |
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 (Jimo).[1] It is often considered the same language as Bacama.
Notes
- 1 2 Bata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kofa (not a distinct language)[2] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bata". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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