Batu language

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Batu
Afi
Region Nigeria
Native speakers
(undated figure of 25,000) [1]
Dialects
  • AmandaAfi
  • Kamino
Language codes
ISO 639-3 btu
Glottolog batu1255

Batu is a Tivoid language of Nigeria. Dialects are Amanda-Afi, Kamino. Angwe was once assumed, but turns out to be a dialect of the divergent Buru language.

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References

  1. Batu at Ethnologue (8th ed., 1974). Note: Data may come from an earlier edition.