Bacama language

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Bacama
Ɓwaare
Native to Nigeria
Region Adamawa State, Kogi State
Native speakers
300,000 (2020) [1]
Dialects
  • Mulyen
  • Opalo
  • Wa-Duku
  • Demsa Bata
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bcy
Glottolog baca1246   Bacama
baca1245   Bacama-Yimburu

Bacama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch that is spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State principally in the Numan, Demsa and Lamurde Local Government Areas by the Bwatiye people. [2] The Dialects are Mulyen, Opalo, and Wa-Duku. Bachama-Yimburu appears to be a closely related but is a distinct language. Bachama is used as a trade language. [1] It is often considered the same language as Bata.

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Numerals

Bachama has a decimal/quinary number system, with both 5 and 10 as bases: [3]

12345678910
hidokpemwakinfwottuftukoltakatukolukpefwofwotdombi hidobau

8 is 4-4, 6 and 7 are based on adding to 5, and 9 means '(10) less 1'.

Example Texts in Bacama

Other Resources available in Bacama

Audio Recordings in Bacama

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bacama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Carnochan, J (1967). "The Coming of the Fulani: A Bachama Oral Tradition". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 30 (3). Cambridge University Press: 622–633. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00132082. JSTOR   612391. S2CID   144140973.
  3. Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'
  4. LinguaBank - Bachama


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