Bacama language

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

Bachama (Bachama) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State, principally in the Local Government Areas. 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.

Numerals[]

Bachama has a decimal/quinary number system, with both 5 and 10 as bases:^[2]

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'.

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bachama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'

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[e18-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bachama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Matsushita, 'Decimal vs. Duodecimal'

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