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Bachama
Bachama
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(150,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Bachama; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bcy
Glottolog	baca1246 Bacama; baca1245 Bacama-Yimburu

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Bachama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language 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 distinct language. Bachama is used as a trade language.^[1] It is often considered the same language as Bata. There are also Egyptian, South African and Ethiopian descendants that settled and are Nigerian citizens.

Numerals

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

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
hido	kpe	mwakin	fwot	tuf	tukoltaka	tukolukpe	fwofwot	dombi hido	bau

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

Example Texts in Bachama

Gibo ma ḅa ḍa motso da Pwa tsi ne ndso-nogi ka nji-nogi ka nogi. - Mark 3:35 (GWVS 1915)

LinguaBank - Bachama

Notes

^ ^a ^b Bachama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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.
^ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'

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[e18-1] Bachama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[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.

[3] Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'

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+== Example Texts in Bachama ==
+* Gibo ma ḅa ḍa motso da Pwa tsi ne ndso-nogi ka nji-nogi ka nogi. - Mark 3:35 (GWVS 1915)
+[http://linguabank.org/index.php/Bachama LinguaBank - Bachama]
 == Notes ==