Bata language

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).[2] It is often considered the same language as Bacama.

Bata
Gbwata
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
RegionAdamawa State, North Province
Native speakers
(150,000 cited 1992)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bta – inclusive code
Individual code:
kso – Kofa (not a distinct language)[3]
Glottologbata1314
Ethnic territories of the Bata-speaking people (Batta) in Nigeria, in blue

Blench (2019) lists Bwatye (endonym: Ɓwaare; exonym: Bachama) as a closely related language variety. They are located in Adamawa State (Numan and Guyuk LGAs) and Kaduna State (northeast of Kaduna town).[4] It is also called Kwā ɓwàryē.[5]

Notes
  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Bata at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kofa (not a distinct language)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  5. Bata materials from Raymond Boyd


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