Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon
Bata
Gbwata
Native to
Nigeria, Cameroon
Region
Adamawa State, North Region
Native speakers
300,000 (2020)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu–Mandara
Bata languages (A.8)
Bata
Dialects
Zumu
Wadi
Malabu
Kobocī
Ribow
Njoboliyo
Garua
Jirai
Furo
Song Bata
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
bta – inclusive code Individual code: kso – Kofa
Glottolog
bata1314
ELP
Kofa
Ethnic territories of the Bata-speaking people (Batta) in Nigeria, in blue
Bata
Person
Gbwata
Language
Magbwata
Bata (Gbwata) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Numan, Song, Fufore and Jimeta gire Yola maiha Demsa lamorde 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.[2]
^ abBata at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Kofa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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