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Mbula-Bwazza language

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Mbula-Bwazza
Ɓwázà
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
100,000 (2012)[1]
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.