Mbula-Bwazza language

Bantu language spoken in Nigeria
Mbula-Bwazza
Ɓwázà
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
100,000 (2012)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
                • Jarawan
                  • Nigerian Jarawan
                    • Numan
                      • Mbula-Bwazza
Dialects
  • Bwazza
  • Mbula
  • Tambo
  • Kula
  • Gwamba
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbu
Glottologmbul1260
Ɓwaza[2]
PersonƁwà Ɓwàzà
Peopleàɓwàzà
LanguageƁwázà

Mbula-Bwazza is one of the Bantu languages spoken in Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster; Blench (2011) divides it into several languages, as follows:

  • Bwazza
  • Mbula: Mbula, Tambo, Kula, Gwamba

References

  1. ^ Mbula-Bwazza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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