Bade Language
Bade Language
Bade is a language, spoken in Nigeria. Similar to many other Western African languages, Bade is a vulnerable language at great risk of extinction.[1] With 250,000 speakers[2], the language and the culture of the Bade people have suffered over the last several years. As the language continues to fade, the culture and historic value associated with the language perishes as well. The local dialect is shifting from Bade to Hausa. Across West Africa, the impact on local communities through the loss of the indigenous tongue will be significant.he
Classification
Bade is classified under the following categories: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West, B, B.1, Bade Proper. [2]
| Bade | |
|---|---|
| Badanci, Bedde, Bede, Gidgid | |
| Nigeria | |
Green
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
History
Bade is an African language that is currently spoken in Nigeria. While historical information about the Bade language is limited in scope, many words in the Bade language take root in the Kanuri language. [3] The Kanuri language is primarily spoken in West Africa, including: Nigeria and Chad. Bade and Ngizim have borrowed a number of words from the Kanuri language. [3] The Bade language itself originates from the Badr of Yemen and the Prophet Muhammad purportedly drove the Bade people out after a failure to pray. [3] Currently, as one of the many Nigerian endangered languages, bade serves as a local dialect. In general, Nigerian languages comprises the wealth of linguistic diversity that exists in the country.[4]
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References
Essegbey, J., & Henderson, B. (2010). Documenting Endangered Languages in Africa [Special Issue]. Journal Of West African Languages, 37(1), 1-139.
Lópke, F. (2009). At the margin: African endangered languages in the context of global endangerment discourses. African Research And Documentation, (109), 15-41.
NOVAK, A. (2008). Who Speaks? Who listens?: The Problem of Address in Two Nigerian Trauma Novels. Studies in the Novel, 40(1/2), 31-51.
Schuh, R. G. (1997). Changes in obstruent voicing in Bade/Ngizim. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, MS.
Schuh, R. G. (2003). The linguistic influence of Kanuri on Bade and Ngizim. Maiduguri Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies (MAJOLLS), 5, 55-89.
Schuh, Russell. (2009). Yobe Languages Research Project. http://aflang.humnet.ucla.edu/Ngizim/ngizim.html
Storch, Anne. (2014). Fading delimitations: multilingual settlements in a convergence area: case studies from Nigeria. (n.d). Topics in interdisciplinary African studies.
Whalen, D. H., & Simons, G. F. (2012). Endangered Language Families. Language: Journal Of The Linguistic Society Of America, 88(1), 155-173.
Ethnologue. (n.d.). Bade.
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- ^ Blench, R (2007). "Endangered Languages".
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- ^ Conrad Max Benedict, B (1993). "Democratisation of Language Use in Public Domains in Nigeria". The Journal of Modern African Studies: 639.